>Ivor Horton's Beginning C++
The last time I flipped through this one, it had void main everywhere. So I gently placed it back on the shelf...behind a copy of The C++ Programming Lanuguage.
>which ALOT of books do these days...
You're only a beginner for a tiny fraction of your programming career, so it makes sense that many books would try to cater to people with prior experience.
>I had to use it for a year in college, and it's a terrible piece of work.
I'd just like to add that this is an opinion. I haven't read Pointers on C for a while, but from what I can remember it's complete enough to learn C from, and accurate. I didn't find it an inappropriate beginner's text at all, I'm sorry you had such a bad experience.
At least, this is assuming we're talking about the same book, by Kenneth Reek?
