something that's been troubling me...

[expiration date]

ehmmm... I'm just wondering if anyone knows good books on programming for idiots like me (aside for "the idiots guide to C++", which is...) I just have this strange fascination with computer language... don't ask why...

[MRHYDE]

You could always subscribe to those magazines like "pentbytes" and "playcode", adult magazines for the adult code writers who discriminate when it comes to their fascination.

[Owl]

I've often heard Kernigan & Ritchie's book on C strongly recommended.

Any book from the publisher O'Reilly is a good bet. Those are the books with the funky woodcuts of animals on the covers. They publish a lot of books on programming.

[PiXel]

I agree, 99% of the O'Reilly books are great. They're often aimed at readers with a moderate knowledge of the subject though. The SAMS Publisher books are often good too, and tend to have more of a 'newbie' emphasis (imho). You could try something like "Learn C++ in 21 days!" if you're a beginner. Bad title I know, but they're very good introductory books.



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[desperado]

I have "Teach yourself c++ in 21 days" in HTML format on my HD if you want to have a look at it before buying. If you want to do only Windows programming you may try Visual C++.