From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-10-02T23:30:43+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Confession: I never did ASM

John Joyce wrote:

> C all-in-one for dummies is the most gentle intro, and is fairly up to 
> date, good read.
> C Primer Plus by Steven Prata is very good. It is a bit more on the dry 
> reading side though.

Actually, the best C book is probably "Head First Java".

<ducking>

Seriously, though, the Waite Group book is pretty good. But there really 
*should* be a "Head First C" or something like it. The C language is 
something we take for granted, and I think that's bad.