Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!ceej From: ceej@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Chris J Hillery) Subject: Re: Suggestions of beginner C books? Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: aix01srv.aix.rpi.edu References: <1991Jun2.214716.696@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Distribution: usa Date: 3 Jun 91 06:56:46 GMT Lines: 39 bmaple@isis.cs.du.edu (Bob Maple) writes: >I am a new programmer in Amiga C using Lattice/SASC 5.10. If anyone has any >suggestions of good books to help me a long I would really appreciate it. >I currently have "Amiga C for Beginners" by Abacus and "Inside the Amiga with >C" by The Waite Group. The latter has done a fairly good job of teaching me >about winodws and gadgets, but doesn't get into how to make say a gadget do >something. The former is more of a introduction about C in general. >I need any information having to do with intuition at this point! As far as I have seen, there simply _aren't_ any good Amiga C programming books. The Waite Group's and Rob Peck's "Programmer's Guide to the Amiga" are probably the best, but neither is really that good. "Mapping the Amiga" appears to be a very good reference, as does Morimore's 2-volume "Amiga Programmer's Handbook", but neither are nor claim to be tutorials. One real good possibility would be to download yourself the "Amiga C Manual" from hubcap.clarkson.edu (/pub/amiga/incoming/PROGRAMMING) or your favorite Fish Disk site (disks 456 and 457). This is a simply amazing labor of love by Anders Bjerin, consisting of 4 disks' worth of straight to-the-point instructions on how to do things and dozens of example programs, both source and compiled and ready to play with. I haven't been through nearly all of it yet, but it seems to be an excellent source of learning and is very clear and consise, if a bit over-simplified in parts (but you'll learn where later, won't you? =). I won't claim until I've read more that it's the best thing since sliced HAM, but at the price it's certainly worth a look-see! (= Enjoy... > ........................................................................... > : Bob Maple, The Brazilian : Tune in next time for "Stupid White People //: > : bmaple@nyx.cs.du.edu : Tricks!" -SNL _ // : > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::........................................\\//..: Ceej aka Chris Hillery ceej@rpi.edu