A89: Re: Re: Jumping off point for learning C


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A89: Re: Re: Jumping off point for learning C




i recommend Ritchies book, and believe it or not C For Dummies 1 and 2....
Read C for dummies because it's extremely rich in examples, then read
ritchies for some very good glossing over.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Goodsell" <goodsell@bridgernet.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 1:15 AM
Subject: A89: Re: Jumping off point for learning C


>
> You should study the C language itself, not just TI-GCC. You'll find many
> more references for C in general. I recommend getting a book rather than
> trying to use online tutorials. They are rarely worth the effort to locate
> them. I can recommend one book - The C Programming Language by Brian
> Kerninghan and Dennis Ritchie, 2nd Edition. This book is *the* reference
for
> the C language. Prior to the ANSI standard, the 1st edition served as the
> formal language definition. K & R are the inventors of the language, after
> all.
>
> The one problem with this book is that it is not real big on example. It
is
> very concise and to the point. I happened to like that, but some people
> don't, and it's definitely a problem when you don't understand a
particular
> point. I recommend picking up something a little heftier as well, with
lots
> of examples. Wish I could remember the name of the other book I learned C
> from...
>
> -Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Waters <thefishyone@hotmail.com>
> To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 6:50 PM
> Subject: A89: Jumping off point for learning C
>
>
> >
> >I figure that since I'm about to start making remakes of old NES games,
it
> >might benefit me to learn C. Would anyone be able to point me to any
online
> >tutorials I could use to learn TI-C?
> >
> >Pizza Of Hut's Infinite Wisdom #28: "Life is anything that dies when you
> >stomp on it."
> >
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