http://www.osnews.com/story/9575/The_Great_OSNews_Members_Book_Giveaway_2005 Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 21 May 2013 18:34:12 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Well, only one (possibly two) of those books would be any real use to Windows users, and none if you're not a programmer. Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? As the saying goes,

Don't look a Gift Horse in the Mouth....

This is not a phishing or "Send me money scam" so just get on with life and if you are one of the lucky ones then, great otherwise, bad luck try again. Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? I think they all are usefull even for windows users who are not programmers. And not only as a possible way to widen their horizon. But as a excellent object to bribe someone who is a programmer or non windows user. To help with the geeky sysadmin who bugs you about your full mailbox at work, or to get that little utility program you really need from your programming friend:-) You can get real good value for any of the books, used wisely. Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Thats a pretty good incentive to cut back on the amount of troll posts. I hope it works. Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Don't let the title "The Art of Unix Programming" deceive you. While it is very much entrenched in the Unix philosophy, very little of it is Unix specific. For example: it discusses how to store data and how to avoid pitfalls. Tue, 01 Feb 2005 20:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? please? Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Speaking of books, what would be a good one to pick up on C++?

$ Fri, 11 Feb 2005 05:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? "Thats a pretty good incentive to cut back on the amount of troll posts. I hope it works."

That would be nice but I don't understand how, as long as people don't need to be member to post how do you keep trolls from posting?

Is Eugenia planning to make it impossible for non-members to post? Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Well if you need a super newbie book there's this:
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225351/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_...
I used a book from the same series to learn Java, my first experience with a programming language. Te simplicity of the book kept me from getting discouraged; however, if you already have some experience it may not do you any good as it seems to be mostly for complete newbies.

Thinking in C++ volumes 1 and 2
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0139798099/ref=sr_1_2_2/702-9... http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130353132/ref=pd_bxgy_text_2... were also highly recommended are are available for free as PDF files from http://www.peterking.ca/ThinkingMirror/

If you want a complete yet not very newbie friendly book you can try this "The C++ Programming Language", although I'd advise again it until you know the language http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201700735/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_...

If you want to get into GUI programming you can either shell out for a good book on MFC of which I don't know any and download the express edition of MSVC++ from http://www.msdn.com/express/ or you can learn Qt and wait for the OSS version of Qt4 for Windows in which case I'd recomment this book http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131240722/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_...

I have either read all these books or am reading these books, I personally didn't like thinking in C++ but so many people recommend it that I had to mention it. Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Thanks. I've got a few books, it's just the book being used for my class, well, sucks.
Data Structures and Other Objects in C++
It...well, it doesn't just give you the jist, it doesn't give you a damn thing.

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