Why, Hello Jim...

Replying to a message of Jim Hansen to All:

 JH> I've used the beginner book, Learning C in 21 days, and I have another
 JH> DOS based book on C/C++, but is there a good intermediate/advanced
 JH> book on OS/2 use of C?

Well, as long as you just use standard C there's really no reason for it to
be platform dependant. When I taught myself C I borrowed a "Quick
C" book at the local library; it was sort of intended for DOS, but as
long as it's basic "VIO" stuff it works on OS/2 (and all other
platforms) without modifications as well. C is one of the most portable
languages ever; not counting JAVA, of course. :-)

Once you master the basics of the language, and want to do system dependent
OS/2 code, what you really need is books on OS/2 programming rather than on
C/C++ programming. If you want to get into PM programming in C, I can
stronly recommend Petzold's "OS/2 Presentation Manager
Programming"; sort of oldish but very good. It won't teach you C,
however; what it will do is demonstrate how OS/2 stuff is done from C. 

Nowadays I wouldn't recommend anyone doing PM programming in pure C, as the
C++ class abstractions make it all so very much easier to handle. But that,
of course, is totally up to you. :-)

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