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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What's the best non-JVM native language to look at?
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:27:44 -0500
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On 01/17/2014 11:03 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 01/17/2014 04:53 AM, Saxo wrote:
>> Thanks for all the book hints. I have "Practical C Programming" by
>> Steve Oualline already. Thinking of buying "Understanding and Using C
>> Pointers" from O'Reilly somewhen later, because pointers is something
>> where I need to learn a lot (especially with regard to C). But I'll
>> have a look at all the other books mentioned as well.
>>
> A recent post to c.l.c <la21e6$qf2$1@news4.open-news-network.org>
> reminds me of a resource that I have found helpful.
> Steve Summit C Programming
> <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/>
>
Excellent introductory text; C Programming: A Modern Approach, K.N. 
King, W.W. Norton & Co.