well i decided to learn c++ after chewing basic up and getting really frustrated with tht language and its restrictions and so after reading quite a few reviews and consulting friends i bought the SAMS teach urself c++ in 21 days'' 4th ed and started learning from it and in due time also bought ''C++ The Complete Reference'' by herbert schildt. the problem now is tht im fine in c++ and can program some beginner stuff (havent started with OOPS as yet)!!! but lately i realized tht my c skills are poor at the least.. courtesy :- TOTWGPG by Andre Lamothe . So i would like to know any suggestions for a good C book but not one which is for complete beginners . i mean i dont want something like teach yourself or any from the ground up book but something more advanced which will take me from the intermediate level to something more expert.. (psst i learnt c from herbert schildt''s above mentioned book) Any good books or suggestions??? G-A-M-I-N-G (Tht''s how u spell LIFE) !!

Thinking in C++. Freely downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com A great book. Covers lots of subjects ranging from the basic langauge to advanced OOP and the second volume is also available which covers still more. Hope this helps.

You mean C++ right?

In that case go after either Accelerated C++ by Moo and Koenig, C++ Primer by Lipmann (sp?), or C++ The Programming Langauge by Bjarne Stroustup (sp?).

Good luck.

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Hye guys iwas talking about C caus i want to be proficient in C and then learn C++and OOPS






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"The C Programming Language (2nd Ed.)" By Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie.

It is simply the one and best book on C.

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I have heard that it''s easier to learn C after C++ rather than before. Does anyone disagree? I had no problems moving from C++ to C.

Well I'm no expert but when I started I was heavly pressured NOT to learn c. Two reason that where always mentioned where:

1. After you learn C you'll have to unlearn a lot of things in order to truely program in c++.

2. Most people who learn C first stay c programmers and never truely take advantage of oop.

So that is why I'm not learning c.

[edited by - bradkg on June 17, 2002 1:01:17 PM]

I learned C first, then discovered the wonderful capabilities of constructors and destructors and virtual functions.

However, and I don''t know if this came from learning C first, I''m not what I would say to be incredibly strong in the object style of programming. That is, I might be able to design my objects in a more "contained" way, but I haven''t really reached that level of discernment yet.

I design my classes the way it flows out naturally for me, but there could easily be other ways to do it, and I haven''t discovered the true benefits of absolute OOP-ness.

I think there is a benefit to staying exposed to non-OOP programming, though, too. It keeps you exposed to the various ways of programming, in case there comes a need to program in straight C or some other language that doesn''t make use of OOP.