1: I'd avoid anything with "in 24 hours", "in 24 days" or "for dummies" in the title. If you can read it in 24 hours it won't last you longer than 24 hours, if you can read it in 24 days it won't last you longer than 24 days, and dummies don't last long writing complex games!
. Seriously, if you want an in-depth knowledge of your language of choice (and you're going to need an in-depth knowledge of your langauge of choice, as you've discovered) don't rely on these books.
2: You mentioned that you wanted to develop games for Windows. This is one area where (as far as I know) you
can take a shortcut. You don't need to know much about Windows programming at all to write decent stuff in Windows using OpenGL or D3D, and tutorials on those APIs generally cover the basics which you need.
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quote:strastru watzhisname
Bjarne Stroustrup?
[edited by - SoulSkorpion on September 23, 2003 10:28:19 PM]
-------------"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)