I'm probably around the same age, and was learning c++ in the early 90s. I can't remember how I got hold of sources to study or the tools. I probably downloade

I'm probably around the same age, and was learning c++ in the early 90s. I can't remember how I got hold of sources to study or the tools. I probably downloaded every source example I could find from BBSes and fidonet. I distinctly remember finding a pirated SAS-C copy and that disk also contained a really nice c++ tutorial. In my professional life, Stevens unix and network books helped me alot. I still have them. The real turning point came with the Internet, and when I started to use Linux in 94.