>My first short-term suggestion for a newbie is to buy and read "The C Programming Language", 2nd Edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie (K&R2). Many parts of this

>My first short-term suggestion for a newbie is to buy and read "The C Programming Language", 2nd Edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie (K&R2). Many parts of this book, even in the first few chapters, seem like they were written for someone that's already a programmer in another language. I ended up giving up on it to use another source because it didn't seem to explain anything very well to a beginner. I'm going to attempt it again once I finish reading a gentler introduction.