Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!bu.edu!nntp-read!jc From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: learning Unix C Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 01:44:27 GMT References: <1991May11.042125.15708@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: What do you mean 'That *can't* be done????' Lines: 36 >>>>> On 11 May 91 04:21:25 GMT, ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern) said: |> To all: I am a novice programmer who has taken courses in 8080 assembly and |> turbo pascal, and am comfortable with Dos and Unix basics. I would now like to |> learn C in the Unix environment (specifically SunOS 4.1). Could someone |> recommend a good book, starting with "hello world", and finishing with some |> level of proficiency? |> Thank you in advance for any input. |> -Larry Stern First, there is the bible of the C but for which the exact title escapes me and which has been borrowed from me. Now, my suggestion is to get that book along with "C: The Complete Reference" which was written by Herbert Schildt. I find it an invaluable reference when I am looking up this or that. I am a fairly new beginner to C programming and keep both next to me when I am doing my work. C: The Complete Reference Herbert Schildt Osborn McGraw-Hill ISBN 0-07-881263-1 jc -- -- James Cameron (jc@raven.bu.edu) Signal Processing and Interpretation Lab. Boston, Mass (617) 353-2879 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "But to risk we must, for the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. For the man or woman who risks nothing, has nothing, does nothing, is nothing." (Quote from the eulogy for the late Christa McAuliffe.)