Author: James Swafford
Date: 04:12:31 09/10/01
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On September 09, 2001 at 23:55:10, Edward Seid wrote: I recommend "C/C++ Programmer's Reference, 2nd Ed." by Herbert Schildt. Note this is not a tutorial, just a reference. But it's a darn good one. ISBN 0-07-212706-6 Should cost about $20. -- James >For months, I've followed the various threads on CCC. I also operate >HiddenDragon(C) [Gambit Tiger 2.0], one of the stronger comps on US Chess Live. >I've even exchanged emails with such chess programming heavyweights such as Mike >Leahy(Bookup), Gerrit Reubold(Der Bringer), and Dieter Buerssner(Yace). > >I've tried denying it, but now must face the truth... I'm addicted to computer >chess!!! This discovery hit me suddenly today. I've been out of college for >nearly 15 years. It was back in the day when I first had a taste of FORTRAN, >Pascal, and COBOL. I haven't thought much about programming at all since >then... until today. Today, at a Friends of the Library book sale in San >Francisco, I did something completely out of character for me. For $1, I bought >a book titled 'C for Dummies'. > >That's right... a guy who hasn't looked at a snippet of computer code for 15 >years, who can barely navigate thru HTML. I've done it... I've crossed over to >the dark side. > >ed seid >operator of HiddenDragon(C) on US Chess Live > >PS After I speed read thru my 'Dummies' book, where do go from there? Any >other good 'C' books, or programming books in general? Of course, the final >goal is to program my own chess program.
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