[Coco] Newbie stuff

[Neil Morrison]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore (Alex) Evans" <alxevans at concentric.net>


> On Jan 17, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Neil Morrison wrote:
>
> > The K&R book is OCIAK (only clear if already known)
>
> The first edition K&R book is an excellent reference whether you
know C
> already or not.  It goes through things in an order suitable for
> learning the language and yet is also easy to find things in when
you
> use it as a general reference.  It wouldn't be a good book for
someone
> who didn't know how to program a computer at all, but if someone
knows
> how to program, but doesn't yet know C is is a wonderful way to go
> about learning.  I learned C from K&R1.

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. I teach seminar type
classes, but I don't much care to take them!

NM