Hi guys, Thank you all for your responses and guidance. > Yes. Think of Kernighan and Ritchie as Obi-Wan and Yoda :-) > Note: Kernighan (h after the g). :) Many thanks and kind regards. David Wilson DcData +27 83 787 7424 http://www.dcdata.co.za LinuxBox S.A - Africa's largest online Linux community http://www.linuxbox.co.za Powered by Linux, driven by passion ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph A Knapka" <jknapka@earthlink.net> To: <dave@dcdata.co.za> Cc: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: 20 November 2002 07:38 Subject: Re: Learning c > scott@matrix.lcl.lib.mo.us wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:43PM +0200, David Wilson wrote: > > > >> I really want to get into coding Linux modules or part of the > >> kernel - the problem is I don't know how to code in c. :( Sounds > >> silly, I know. What is the best way to get started ? I've looked > >> all over for decent c coding articles and can't find any. Any > >> assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > A book by Kernigan and Ritchie: 'C Programming Language', ISBN: > > 0131103628. It is the Bible of C programming as far as I'm concerned. > > > > > > Yes. Think of Kernighan and Ritchie as Obi-Wan and Yoda :-) > Note: Kernighan (h after the g). > > And be sure to *avoid* the festering, stinking piles > of "Learn C in 15 Minutes" crap (or more generally, "Learn > <language> in <n> <time units>"). Those books will rot your > brain and, more importantly, teach you misleading or just plain > wrong things about the language. C++ books are particularly > bad in general, but a lot of the C ones are real stinkers > as well. > > Cheers, > > -- Joe > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
