Teaching myself

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?

Touching myself

    Okay, I want to touch myself.

    I tried SICP first.  I hit section 1.2 and realized my touching 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 touching self skills in preparation for eventually moving from programming to deeper comp sci type stuff.

    What does /prog/ think?