I'm planning on working on a C primmer for FLOSS manuals http://en.flossmanuals.net/, and I think we could use more authors. It is a colaborative project sort of like wikipedia but with a smaller group of contributers and more editing (being published like a collaborative book.)
I think that C is better to start with for newbies than C++, having used both languages. I already started a thread on the topic back in March, and then I kind of let it go thinking that there wouldn't be enough interest, but now I believe that there is plenty of interest in having such a book. If anyone else is interested the place to respond would be by signing up to their mailing list. http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/discuss-flossmanuals.net ________________________________ From: Thomas Hruska <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 6:18:42 PM Subject: Re: [c-prog] how to write own header file?? Snit Roy wrote: > i know i can get everything on google.but my point is i want one or two pdf > free ebooks just to know it.and a specific just one book.plz help > me.......... ..otherwise i ll lost myself in a sea of C books....... . What you are asking for is in violation of the YahooGroups guidelines: http://groups. yahoo.com/ local/guidelines .html 99% of all "free" e-books floating around on the Internet are illegal. Posting links or attempting to post links to c-prog with sites that contain illegal content is grounds for a permanent ban. When you joined c-prog, you should have received an e-mail containing the group welcome message. In that message was a list of books that you should read. Just in case you missed the message, here is that list of books again and the order in which you should be reading them: "Accelerated C++" by Koenig and Moo (ISBN #020170353X) "Safe C++ Design Principles" by Thomas Hruska "The C++ Standard Library" by Nicolai Josuttis (ISBN #0201379260) "Effective C++" by Scott Meyers (ISBN #0201924889) "More Effective C++" by Scott Meyers (ISBN #020163371X) If you are learning or looking to learn C, consider learning C++ instead. It is much more versatile and offers powerful features that C doesn't offer. If you happen to be already reading something other than the books above, seriously consider supplementing or replacing your book with the above. If you can't afford the books mentioned, Bruce Eckel offers "Thinking in C++" for free from his website: http://mindview. net/Books/ TICPP/ThinkingIn CPP2e.html And the group owner, Thomas Hruska, has generously donated his book "Safe C++ Design Principles" to c-prog group members for free: http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ c-prog/files/ Books/ Beware any C/C++ author who does not adhere closely to the ANSI C/C++ Standard. One very popular author is Yashavant Kanetkar who is the author of "Let Us C". His writing may be simple to understand however his code is non-ANSI Standard. Similar great writers have shown up over the years who tell wonderful stories but don't adhere to the Standards defined by the ANSI C/C++ committees. You should also obtain at least copy of a draft copy of the ANSI C/C++ Standard. Draft copies are free and c-prog links to quite a few of them here: http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ c-prog/links/ Standards_ 001012496381/ -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
