2010/12/15 <cpolish at surewest.net> > cornel panceac wrote: > > my first language was pascal. if i'd had the opportunity, i'd start with > c. > > herbert schildt's teach yourself c was great for me. > > I think C is an excellent place to begin. But try K & R > (ISBN-10 0131103628) which is the classic introduction. > > Schildt is reviled in the church of C. See > http://accu.org/index.php?module=bookreviews&func=search&rid=608 > where he is roundly rebuked. He doesn't do well in any > of the numerous reviews of his books on the ACCU site. > > He's even got an entry in the comp.lang.c FAQ: > Q: I need a random number generator. > A: Count errors in Herbert Schildt's C books. No one has detected any > consistent pattern. > > -- > Charles Polisher thank you very much, but i was talking about another book :) -- Through political strategy they keep us hungry and, when you gonna get some food, your brother got to be your enemy. (Ambush in the Night - Robert Nesta Marley) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101215/99d11488/attachment-0005.html>