----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: Anybody ever use Aztec C for APPLEII?
> > I have to agree with endorsing K&R... That's how I learned C twenty
years
> > ago. I don't think any of the books that have followed have done as
good
> > a job of presenting the material. Yes, C has changed, but that's window
> > dressing compared to the underlying concepts.
>
> It's like many other things (electronic being one of them). A good book
> remains a good book, even if the subject changes somewhat. If you
> understand the 'old version' properly, then you'll have no problems
> picking up the new stuff. The principles remain the same.
>
> Put it this way. I'd rather work with an electronic designer who was an
> expert on valves (and had never seen a transistor) than somsbody who'd
> been on a 2 week course on the latest devices. The former will pick up
> the new devices in an afternoon :-), and will really understand what he's
> doing with them.
>
> -tony
Couldn't agree more.
Geoff.
Received on Thu Apr 29 2004 - 15:18:05 BST