[NTLUG:Discuss] Wanting to speak the language

[Fred James]

I too vote for 'C' as an excellent choice.  And I recommend this book, 
although some may not agree, and I don't know why Amazon list Ritchie's 
name twice(???).  I have had my copy since about 1990, and I shall not 
part with it.

"*C Programming Language (2nd Edition)*
by Brian W. Kernighan 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Brian%20W.%20Kernighan/104-2367497-0001541>, 
Dennis Ritchie 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Dennis%20Ritchie/104-2367497-0001541>, 
Dennis M. Ritchie 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Dennis%20M.%20Ritchie/104-2367497-0001541>
"
Here is the Amazon URL for the book:
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131103628/qid=1109136686/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-2367497-0001541>

Good luck, and enjoy.
Regards
Fred James

David I S Mandala wrote:

>Start easy learn 'C'
>
>On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 22:05 -0600, Andrew Brown wrote:
>  
>
>>OK, so now that I have had hours of fun installing, playing and
>>generally enjoying my time in the Land 'O Linux; I feel its time to
>>learn the lingo. The cool part of Linux (or so I have heard) and Open
>>Source is the ability to alter the software to your benefit. Well that
>>would be nice if I knew ANY languages at all. I have learned Shell
>>scripting for BASH and wow wasn't that fun, but it has helped me
>>immensely in the "getting to know ya" phase of my linux experience. 
>>
>>So here I am standing on the beach staring at the ocean of machine
>>languages wondering... where to now?! So I lean once again on my
>>faithful NTLUG to lead me onward and upward. I know it is a dumb
>>question, but which language first? C++ Perl Python Java.... Tcl... oh
>>my... Google is nice at giving me info on each, but all I get is "choose
>>me, choose me" reading... advice would be nice!
>>
>>thanks!
>>
>>
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