New to C/C++

[Rafael]

Hey Team,

I wanted to know if you could recommend some sites, or FAQ's that
can help someone that has never programmed before. Any help would be
great.

Thanks,

Rafael

[Tristan Miller]

Greetings.

In article <a5**************************@posting.google.com >, Rafael
wrote:

Subject: New to C/C++
As a point of information, C and C++ are two distinct languages. C++
questions are off-topic in this newsgroup.
I wanted to know if you could recommend some sites, or FAQ's that
can help someone that has never programmed before. Any help would be
great.

If you're completely new to programming, then it might be better to
start with a good book rather than with a website, many of which are of
questionable quality. However, don't just buy any old book, since some
of them are also quite bad, or at least error-riddled. It's a good
idea to check out the opinions of C experts before committing to a book
purchase. The Association of C and C++ Users maintains an extensive
database of C book reviews; you can view it at http://www.accu.org
bookreviews/public/. This group's C FAQ also addresses this question:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q18.10.html.

Once you've had a good general introduction to C, you might want to give
a closer look to the C FAQ, which deals with a lot of technical
problems and gotchas experienced by those new to C (and often those who
aren't quite so new too!). It's available at http://www.eskimo.com
~scs/C-faq/top.html and also in an expanded form as a printed book from
Addison-Wesley.

Regards,
Tristan

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[Ezekiel]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:58:47 +0100, Tristan Miller wrote:

If you're completely new to programming, then it might be better to
start with a good book rather than with a website.

I like the oreilly books, I have the practical C programming book, 3rd
edition. Its old but still quite good. (its the latest edition too) I've
also heard from some classmates that the "for dummies" books, especially
for programming, are pretty good for beginners. Basically go to the book
store and take a look, then go online and get them cheaper :P

Happy programming
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[John Kordyback]

Rafael wrote:

Hey Team,

I wanted to know if you could recommend some sites, or FAQ's that
can help someone that has never programmed before. Any help would be
great.

Thanks,

Rafael

One free option is Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in C++" books at
http://mindview.net/Books. If you're fairly experienced in other
languages you may find the pace a little slow but he does cover a lot of
territority beyond pure syntax.

Finally, if you don't care for his books he has recommended reading
section in Appendix C. Unfortunately, I don't of anything similar for C
although the usual FAQ's contain good websites and book recommendations.

/qb

[Richard Heathfield]

Ezekiel wrote:

I've
also heard from some classmates that the "for dummies" books, especially
for programming, are pretty good for beginners.

And I heard from some people that love to send me email that I can get 15%
of $14,000,000 from some guy in Nigeria.

The OP would be better served with K&R2, K N King, or Deitel & Deitel.

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[Joona I Palaste]

Richard Heathfield <do******@address.co.uk.invalid> scribbled the following:

Ezekiel wrote:

I've
also heard from some classmates that the "for dummies" books, especially
for programming, are pretty good for beginners.

And I heard from some people that love to send me email that I can get 15%
of $14,000,000 from some guy in Nigeria. The OP would be better served with K&R2, K N King, or Deitel & Deitel.

I just had a dream I had lost $20,000 by giving it to some Nigerian guy,
who I thought would use it to invest in funds in my name. This was
supposed to have happened in about 1996. Then I woke up remembering I
had never *had* $20,000 in the first place.

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[jbeck]

"Richard Heathfield" <do******@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:bo**********@hercules.btinternet.com...

Ezekiel wrote:

I've
also heard from some classmates that the "for dummies" books, especially
for programming, are pretty good for beginners.

And I heard from some people that love to send me email that I can get 15%
of $14,000,000 from some guy in Nigeria.

The OP would be better served with K&R2, K N King, or Deitel & Deitel.

From a lurker and newbie to C:

For those who are just starting out I would recommend getting two unrelated
resources. Invariably, if something is not clear in one source, it may
become so in the other. There are also a plethora of resources on the 'net.
Just my $.02.

I took a C class for the first time this fall, and the course was built
around Deitels' C How to Program, 4th edition. Overall, I thought the book
was good, and covered many topics, well. However, I did have a few issues.
One specific was that I thought Deitel was unclear on floating point &
integer values. This is such a key and base componenet to C that I thought
Deitel should have done a more thorough job of explaining it. To help me
with my problem I acquired from the local used book store: Programming in
ANSI C, Revised Edition by Stephan Kotchan (1994 copyright) which, althought
older, I thought did a better job explaining floating point & integer. I
have also used it for other topics, and between the two books, have found
that I can work my way through almost anything...at least at my current,
amature level. I have also found that this particular newsgroup and the
moderated version have been fantastic resources in my little quest to
understand the basics of C.

[CBFalconer]

jbeck wrote:

.... snip ...
One specific was that I thought Deitel was unclear on floating
point & integer values. This is such a key and base componenet to
C that I thought Deitel should have done a more thorough job of

.... snip ...

No it isn't. It has only to do with what arithmetical forms can
be handled, and very little to do with the logic and flow of
programming proper. Any c-centric relationship between integral
and FP values applies equally to many other languages, such as
Pascal, Ada, PLI, assembly, whatever.

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