Re: Reference manuals vs. tutorials

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:09:29 GMT
David Delony <ickyelf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've noticed that I'm starting to prefer reference manuals when learning
new languages over tutorials. It appears to me that the more experienced
programmers share this preference.

I first learned C from the appendix in the back of K&R (first
edition), it had enough information to learn to use the language (given
that I already knew several languages including BCPL). Later I bought the
book and learned some of the common idioms which were useful.

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