From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Pascal -> C Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 07:51:01 -0800 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt Lines: 34 Message-ID: <33242DE5.792C@cs.com> References: <01bc2d0c$735f1580$9bae71a5 AT mod DOT exo DOT com> Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp206.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp MoD wrote: > > Hi... I'm a programmer finally making the jump from Turbo Pascal to C... > and was wondering if any of you tht have gone through pascal could think of > any refernce manuals or anything to help me get into the "c" way of > thinking. I am actually in the process of d/l'ing djgpp as we speak and > plan on programming my own game software. I have programmed a couple inside > of TP7.0 but they were only ANSi-BBS Door games that i made for my BBS and > never completed. If anyone there knows any good tutorials just let me know If you are familiar with Pascal, you'll find that C has very similar programming structure. However, the syntax is both a lot simpler and a lot more powerful. I can't really think of any tutorials specifically devoted to switching from Pascal to C, but any good C book should be able to get you started. I recommend that you pick a book that teaches plain ANSI C and does not use code samples that are specific to any one compiler! My personal recommendation would be The Waite Group's _New C Primer Plus_, 2nd edition - it's the one I use. BTW, I believe that you've made a great choice of DJGPP as your first C compiler. Just make sure to read the 'readme.1st' file before unzipping everything. :) If you have any difficulties setting it up, you may be interested in my DJVERIFY diagnostic utility, available in alpha release from . Because this utility is in development, feedback is greatly appreciated. Good luck! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I | fighteer AT cs DOT com | | Descent 2: The Infinite Abyss - The greatest Internet game of all | | time just got better! This time, you're going all the way down...| ---------------------------------------------------------------------