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Your First C/C++ Program

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I got this book, "C for Dummies" and "Teach Yourself C in 21 Days". This book has really bad examples because they aren't really full programs usually, only sections of code. The explanations of concepts are good however. I found that reading this book in parallel with the teach yourself C in 21 days was a good way to learn C because both authors explained the same concepts differently. Overall If you had to pick just one book to learn C from I would buy the "Teach Yourself C in 21 Days". Just FYI these books are way outdated as far as referencing modern computer technology, but the C language is still the same.

This book, or may I say a tutorial, is written specially for beginners. You will quickly learn the most fundamental basics of C and programming in whole, and will finish with a decent knowledge of C/C++. The book explains everything in plain English, and although it doesn't touch any graphics programming, it clearly explains structures, pointers, disk operations and more, the basics needed to for you to start programming in C. No super-advanced tricks, no super-complex things, staight down and clear explanations.

As an experienced C/C++ programmer, who learned C/C++ without any books, I can say that "Your First C/C++ Program" is an excellent tutorial for beginners and people who don't know anything about programming at all. Get this gem today!

Oleg Rekutin

This book was, probably, born based on misperceiving the relation between C and C++. A book that tries to teach you both C and C++ is as successful as a book that will try to teach you both English and French based on the fact that their alpha-beth matches 90% (and the syntax of C matches that of C++ by less than 50%, I guess). I do not know how much C or C++ the author knows - but no much is shown in the book, to my view. In short, it is my opinion that you will neither learn C from this book, nor will you learn C++.