I posted this topic on another page sorry I just saw this page. Anyway, I am serious about learning some programming languages. I read some stuff and i have decided to learn c/c++. Which one should I learn first C or C++? Do I need to know C to understand C++? What books should I get? I only have enough money to buy one book, maybe two. What books are good for NO experiance starters? Thanks to anyone who can help and your time.

Check out the beginners forum faq

Mark Fassett
Laughing Dragon Entertainment
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I think ''Sams Teach yourself C++ in 24 hours'' is a good beginner''s book..

I have read that, thanks. Can anyone else answer some of my quetions? Thanks.

I''m sorry, I''ve read the begginers faq, not "the teach yourslef c++ in 24 hours".

SAMS confused me at first so i went to C++ how to preogram by dietel and dietel, its a college level book, but im a 9th grader and i understood all the way up to Object overloading wich im stuck on right now.........its also pretty expensive, i got it for 70$, it with microsoft visual C++ 6 introductory edition, i dont like it though so i use DEV-C++. i would sheck out some other books if you decide to pick this one

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That SAMs book is kind of hard to start on, but buy it anyway, it covers nearly all of the C/C++ fundamentals and has useful refernces. Other useful Books:
Borland C++ 5.0 FOr Dummies (forgot the exact name)

For Game Programming: (all must haves)
Learn Computer Game Programming with DirectX 7.0 (do NOT buy DX8 version of this!)
THe Zen Of Direct3D Programming
Beginning Direct3D Programming

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I suggest that you should read The C++ Programming Language.

download address: ftp://202.38.75.11/pub/EBooks/C++/

I read the C programing Language by K&C those are the people who invented C. Its a pretty complex book but easily doable. From there i moved onto Sam teach yourself c++ in 21 days. Very good book. I could have easily started from here since first couple chapters teach you c.

So in conclusion i suggest the second book if you want just one book.

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