Walter Rudin's book is a masterpiece. I read this book 35 years ago for my comps, and remember it as one of the best. Bear in mind there's no easy way to learn

Walter Rudin's book is a masterpiece. I read this book 35 years ago for my comps, and remember it as one of the best. Bear in mind there's no easy way to learn mathematics - it's going to be hard no matter what approach you take because that's the nature of the subject. My advice to undergrads is to skip computing completely because it's much easier to learn when you need it (unlike mathematics). You'll build your first computer program long before you prove your first theorem.