Re: [gentoo-dev] OT: A good book on C programming

[Stuart Herbert <stuart@gentoo.org>]

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On Sunday 28 December 2003 12:30 am, Gavin Henry wrote:
> I need some good books. I used to have one called "A Book On C", but sold
> it, and I have been reading various tutorials on the web and the many
> devoted websites.
>
> Anyone have any recommendations?

Kernighan & Ritchie - Ansi C (2nd Ed) - it's the only C programming book a C 
programmer needs.

> One more question, should I go for C or C++? Which will benefit me more
> with GNU/Linux?

Depends what you want to do.  KDE (and a few other toolkits) require C++, 
Gnome's GTK (and the majority of libraries) are written in C.

Best regards,
Stu
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