Subj : Re: C lang. suggestion for a newbie... To : comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.programming From : Gerard Wassink Date : Thu Aug 12 2004 02:06 pm Op 12 Aug 2004 03:37:53 -0700 schreef kamaljeet singh: > hi i am interested in system programming only on the open system > architectures like the linux os. but i have only done C prog. on the > TurboC on windows . i want to know that do i have to learn C prog. > differently on the different os platforms and on different compilers > because in linux there is GCC compiler. > in the GCC compiler there is no conio.h,graphics.h,dos.h header files > and we have to write int main() function instead of void main() > function. > i have searched for C lang. books but all are for the windows platform > only. > from where do i get books or materials to learn C prog. in the linux > platform??? > any help would be grateful... I learned mine using the book "Linux Application Development" by M.K. Johnson and E.W. Troan, published by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-30821-5, 3rd edition, Oktober 1998... check for example: http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0201308215,00.html -- There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Gerard Wassink http://linux.family.filternet.nl http://freeware.family.filternet.nl Linux counter #360967, "In a world without fences, who needs gates?" .