[Swlug] C Programming Book Recommendations

[Dave Cridland]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 at 09:16, Colin Law via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 at 23:19, Rhys Sage via Swlug
> <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I would suggest going to abebooks and doing a search for C programming.
> >
> > There you will find a lot of very reasonably priced books.
> >
> > C does not have the apparent sex-appeal of C++ but is in many ways far
> more useful for programming than C++ etc.
>
> I am not sure how C can be more useful than C++ as C++ is just C with
> extra bits.
>

They diverged quite some time ago; most C will be accepted by a C++
compiler, but not all of it anymore.

(Mind you, my gast is well and truly flabbered at the idea of C++ having
any sex appeal)

Dave.
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