On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 09:39 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > max bianco wrote: > > I want to learn C and I know there are quite a few programmers on this > > list. I am looking for a couple of good books on learning C. I am not > > exactly a beginner but I am no expert and i would like to start going > > over everything from scratch. So if I could get some referrals to a > > couple of books I would greatly appreciate it. I am looking for a good > > thorough beginners guide to C and also something for the intermediate > > programmer as I expect to get through the former in fairly short > > order. I ultimately will be directing my efforts at kernel hacking. As > > always , any advice and or opinion is gratefully received. > > > > Max > > > > I took a C course ages ago and I am trying to refresh my memory. I have > found many tutorials on C on the web. I am going through some of them > now. I have already found a few that have errors in their examples or > examples that are incomplete. Also, when searching, many of the results > would return C++ links instead of C links. > Could you post some of those web tutorials? > As I am using Linux and gcc, I want to focus on using these tools. I > had Turbo C but it was a Windows 3.1 version. > > I need to learn C for working with microcontrollers for a few projects > that I that I am now working on. > > Now to dig through my boxes of books and find my C books, if I still > have them. > > Also, if you are going to use gcc, then look at the man pages for > compiler flags and linking libraries. I came across this yesterday when > I was looking for a lint program. Also you and type in man 3 {function} > to get more information on that function. > > man 3 cos > Thats good to know. I'm starting to get into this myself (when I can scratch up some time... :) ), so it'll give me soemwhere to look. Someone mentioned it elsewhere, but I didn't realise it was that easy, or the man category to look for. Cheers -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list