This is kind of dated now, but I found the old "Code on the Cob" series of articles very enlightening: http://archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/list981c.ht

This is kind of dated now, but I found the old "Code on the Cob" series of articles very enlightening: http://archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/list981c.html?categoryid=215 http://archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/list981c.html?c...