2008/4/7 Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Monday 07 April 2008 18:39:13 max bianco wrote: > > I have seen some of these, most notably the Teach Yourself C in 24 > > hours, I am avoiding this one as I think it highly unlikely that C can > > be taught in so short a time . I tend to leery of any book that claims > > to teach anything in so short a time frame but perhaps they are aiming > > at the advanced programmer with that one. > > Don't discount this, for the first stage anyway. When they say 'in 24 hours' > they are referring to 24 lessons, each of which should take you one hour to > go through. You are expected, however, to treat it like a tutorial: go away > and work with each chapter until you thoroughly understand it before taking > the next lesson. > > I don't know the C books, but I have seen examples of these books. I bought > TY linux in 24 hours when I first started. It's not in depth, but it's a > fairly good starter. > > Anne > That's two votes so far for the Teach yourself line of books. I will most definitely be looking in to them again. I probably should not have discounted them based solely on the title but I have read a few (non-programming) books that claimed to teach alot in a short amount of time but they usually seemed either rushed or oriented toward more advanced students. thanks Max Max
