[olug] C book recs

[unfie at cox.net]

LOL!

My reason for asking why he wants to learn C is that it may not be the best tool for the job concerning what he wants to do.

VB, python, Kylix, php, or something else might be more along the lines of what he should learn maybe.... etc.

C is awesome and just about anything can be done in it... but there are better tools for certain tasks out there :)

-Will



> 
> From: Tim & Alethea Larson <thelarsons3 at cox.net>
> Date: 2004/11/18 Thu AM 07:22:34 EST
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] C book recs
> 
> unfie at cox.net wrote:
> 
> >Why do you want to learn C ?
> >  
> >
> 
>   WRITE IN C
>   (with apologies to The Beatles)
> 
>   When I find my code in trouble,
>   Friends and colleagues come to me,
>   Speaking words of wisdom:
>   "Write in C."
> 
>   As the deadline fast approaches,
>   And bugs are all that I can see,
>   Somewhere, someone whispers"
>   "Write in C."
> 
>   Write in C, write in C,
>   Write in C, write in C.
>   LISP is dead and buried,
>   Write in C.
> 
>   I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
>   for science it worked flawlessly.
>   Try using it for graphics!
>   Write in C.
> 
>   If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
>   Debugging some assembly,
>   Soon you will be glad to
>   Write in C.
> 
>   Write in C, write in C,
>   Write In C, yeah, write in C.
>   Only wimps use BASIC.
>   Write in C.
> 
>   Write in C, write in C,
>   Write in C, oh, write in C.
>   Pascal won't quite cut it.
>   Write in C.
> 
>   (Guitar Solo)
> 
>   Write in C, write in C,
>   Write in C, yeah, write in C.
>   Don't even mention COBOL.
>   Write in C.
> 
>   And when the screen is fuzzy,
>   And the edior is bugging me.
>   I'm sick of ones and zeroes.
>   Write in C.
> 
>   A thousand people people swear that T.P.
>   Seven is the one for me.
>   I hate the word PROCEDURE,
>   Write in C.
> 
>   Write in C, write in C,
>   Write in C, yeah, write in C.
>   PL1 is 80's,
>   Write in C.
> 
>   Write in C, write in C,
>   Write in C, yeah, write in C.
>   The government loves ADA,
>   Write in C.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tim & Alethea
> www.ChristTrek.org
> 
> 
> 
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