Name: Anonymous 2008-11-19 20:57
Okay, I want to teach myself programming.
I tried SICP first. I hit section 1.2 and realized my skills are just not up to par for a book aimed at MIT students.
I'm thinking now of hitting a thorough-but-practical book. From some quick searching "C Primer Plus" seems to generally be what I want.
On the side I plan on beefing up my math skills in preparation for eventually moving from programming to deeper comp sci type stuff.
What does /prog/ think?
I tried SICP first. I hit section 1.2 and realized my skills are just not up to par for a book aimed at MIT students.
I'm thinking now of hitting a thorough-but-practical book. From some quick searching "C Primer Plus" seems to generally be what I want.
On the side I plan on beefing up my math skills in preparation for eventually moving from programming to deeper comp sci type stuff.
What does /prog/ think?