quote:Original post by xxx_shinobi
C Programming Language (2nd Edition)

written by the original developers of the language
Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, Dennis M. Ritchie.

This book is like a bible for every C programmer.
MUST MUST MUST

Correctt.

And to the OP:

I agree with the earlier recommendation on "C++ Primer" by Lippman. It''s an excellent book.

Another all time classic is "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup.

I don''t think that you generally can tell whether a book is great or not based on publisher etc. BUT personally I don''t really like those "Learn XX in XX days/hours"-books. They don''t seem very thorough, and they pretend that complex stuff (like C++) can be learnt in f.ex. 21 days. YUCK.

I''m not to fond of the "Dummies" books either. And I hate those books which try to be really cool by using teen slang and stuff like that. YUCK AGAIN.

A good book is succint, terse and to the point. For a beginner a not too steep learning curve is good as well.

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