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Subject:Re: Good Intro to Programming book? From:"Walker, Arlen P" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 22 Jul 1997 14:24:01 -0500
Anyone know of a GOOD intro to programming book?
That actually breeds another question: What's the aim here? To really learn
to program or just to learn to read code?
Here's a couple of suggestions.
Read Code:
Something like Dave Mark's "Learn xx on the Macintosh" comes with enough to
read and write code and get some understanding of basic concepts.
Program:
Sedgwick's "Algorithms" is great place to learn some fundamental
programming constructs. (Cost on this is about $45, so try to find it in a
library or look it over good in the store first to make sure it's not too
advanced for your current state of knowledge.) Warning: parts of it require
math.
Programming is like communicating with a total idiot. It's easy to achieve
some rudimentary success with it, but doing it well is a lot harder than it
looks. Luckily, as a TW you've had a start at some useful experience in
that, eh?
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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