Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:20694 comp.lang.c:13651 Checksum: 41105 Path: utzoo!utgpu!ie From: ie@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Ivar Elznic) Date: Sat, 29-Oct-88 21:45:48 EDT Message-ID: <1988Oct29.214548.20399@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: What C book to buy? References: <4132@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: ie@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Ivar von Elsnitz) Distribution: na Keywords: C++ In 1988 (and onwards) I advise C++. C++ is C of the future. With the availability of a C++ compiler (Zortech) for less than $100 you should be much better off honing your skills in this language. Books: Stroustrup, Bjarne: The C++ programming language. (Addison-Wesley) Wiener, Richard S. & Pinson, Lewis J.: An introduction to object-oriented programming and C++ (Addison-Wesley) Berry, John T.: The Waite Group's C++ programming (Howard W. Sams) Cheers -- Ivar von Elsnitz