August 18, 2003
Kid stuff
So my 11-year-old comes back from the first day of computer camp. "How was it?" I ask. "We're learning C++. We built a calculator." W00t!
So now he wants to know the difference between C++ and C and C#, and why is it so different from HTML, and, and, and so we went down to Fry's to find a good C++ book for him to read, but none of the authors seem to have been able to get it explained in fewer than 500 pages, so we didn't.
Anyway I'm in the market for an appropriate book, something clean and straight like Kernighan & Ritchie, good for a younger reader.
Posted by Gene at August 18, 2003 11:37 PM | TrackBackI remember thinking good thoughts about Who's Afraid of C++. Seems to be out of print now, but if you like the www version (http://www.steveheller.com/whos/) I think that I've got a copy in a box in the garage that I'd be happy to send you.
Posted by: Dwight Shih at August 19, 2003 05:32 AMI'll check it out, thanks D!
Posted by: Gene at August 21, 2003 11:18 PM
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