[Tutor] bits taken by variable type

[Danny Yoo]

On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Kirby Urner wrote:

> At 01:08 PM 6/22/2002 -0500, Cameron Stoner wrote:
>
> >This is much what I expected.  I knew Python shielded you from a lot of
> >the details.  I am interested in those details though.  If anyone has a
> >C/C++ site that they recommend tell me if you would.  I was just doing
> >some thinking that's all.  I like to compare the two so I know better
> >which is better for some job than the other.  I keep seeing more an
> >more how Python is great for cross platform programming.
> >
>
> I think it's really excellent to use your understanding of Python as a
> jumping-off point to explore other languages like C.
>
> One of the top in-depth tutorials on C++ is Bruce Eckel's.  He
> generously provides full text and source code online for free, even
> though his 'Thinking in C++' is also a bestseller.

And for C programming, the book "The C Programming Language", by Brian
Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, is an excellent tutorial to C.  Not only
does it cover the language thoroughly, but the tutorial presentation
itself is written well.  I don't know if it's online or not though...

Good luck!