#Learning C
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Suggestions, please… I'd like to learn C, and would appreciate any
suggestions on the best books for self-teaching on the Amiga and/or in general.
I have Lattice C already.
I am an intermediate level (I guess that describes it) programmer already, with
background in several versions of BASIC (both PC types and VAX Basic on DEC
equipment, Fortran 77 from a few years ago and (yeech) COBOL.
Thanks…
Dwayne,
In Lib5 of AmigaTech, there is a set of lectures, class notes, homework
assignments, and solutions to those assignments – all from a class in C
programming that was taught here on CIS last fall by Vic Wagner. Might try
that.
Books – well, I found lots of help in Rob Peck's PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE TO THE
AMIGA.
Betty
Any chance that he will be teaching the course again?
Steve,
Perhaps you should ask Vic. I think he might be glad to teach the course
again, if he feels that there is sufficient demand.
Betty
Yes, there is a chance.
Victor A. Wagner, Jr.
I'm in about the same boat you are, but I will be buying Lattice C in a couple
of weeks.
I just finished reading a book titled "C Programming Language An Applied
Perspective" While it is not specific to the Amiga, I found the examples to be
very easy to follow and I can actually read some C programs now and figure out
what they are doing. I also have the Waite Group's _Inside the Amiga with C_
by John Thomas Berry, which I found to be very illuminating, although I caught
some errors in the source files provided.
My problem with Inside the Amiga was that it started off very clearly but
as the book went on the explanations got worse.
— Ethan
Thanks Steve, I'll check it out.