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From: thom@garnet.berkeley.edu (Thom Gillespie)
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Subject: Re: Intro BASIC book recommendation?
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Date: 10 May 91 22:31:44 GMT
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In article <1991May10.210857.19675@news.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:
>In article <1991May10.194550.21655@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> kkorb@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Kevin Korb) writes:
>>
>>Question: what is the best book you know of for neophytes who want
>>to learn how to program by fooling around with GW-BASIC on their PCs?
>>Why is it a good book?
>
>"Oh! Pascal" by Cooper and Clancy.  Among other reasons, it a good book
>because it will tell them that fooling around with GW-BASIC on their PC
>isn't a good way to learn to program.
>--scott