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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
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Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2583.0. "Abacus books & C" by PANIC::SHORT (Peter Short, UK, A500) Fri May 19 1989 12:30

    Has anybody seen a review of the two Abacus books on the Amiga and
    C?
    
    I think they are Volumes #11 Beginers and #12 Advanced?
    
    The price in the UK seems to be the dollar equivalent (about �18
    if I remember correctly).
    
    (Foyles has them both in stock.)

    
    Peter
    
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2583.1I have the Beginners BookGLDOA::APPLEMANTue May 23 1989 15:5919
    I have the Beginners book and it seems to be alright.  C is totally
    new to me and so far, I have been able to follow the book with no
    problems.  It is structured as a tutorial and starts out quite simple
    then builds on itself.  Short programs which demonstrate C principles
    are included thoughout the book. 
    
    Whether it is the best book for learning C, I don't know.  I feel
    that all of the Abacus books are overpriced for what you get.  Also,
    there are a couple of typo's in the programs, but they should be
    obvious.  I think that they should have included an overview of
    the C programming language and techniques at the start of the book.
    Instead, they start right into writing a short program.  
    
    I guess that I would rate the book as fair to good and recommend
    it until something better and lower priced comes along.  
    
    Ken
    Kalamazoo, Michigan