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    Because people who hate to read make bad programmers.
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    Because it never works that way?
    Usually, stuff enter your left ear and goes straight out of the right ear.
    You have to make notes to remember... but then you would have to read.
    And a book can serve as future reference if and when you forget.

    It's simply the way we and the world works, I'm afraid.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Yeah, yeah I know :P Just the reading doesn't end! >.<
    No pain, no gain :P
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    Just be glad that there are books and other documentation on just about anything you may want to do. It's actually one of the better things about programming.

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    Let's look forward to the day when we can implant memory chips into our brain so we absorb everything that is said and can download information to it and access it at will!
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Well... Then everything would be easy and no one would be better at something than others :P
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    You can try this site: www.freetechbooks.com

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    I totally recommend "C++ In Plain English 3rd Edition" (ISBN 0-7645-3545-5). Its the best one I've found. A awesome book to read and an also serves as an awesome quick reference - I mean it, its the best and only ~50AUD. Its the best C++ never written to learn from and use as a reference.

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    Still, we still wouldn't have a cpu, so some would be better with logic and other sorts of thinking...
    But we wouldn't need to read up on stuff!
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    So, I've read the Learning to Program in C++ on this site.
    What books should i look for? Beginners, intermediate, ultra pro (I hope not) ?
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    Beginner / advanced.
    The site introduces a lot of things, but they are merely tutorials and not a complete description of basic things.
    I figure you probably know a lot of beginner stuff, but you may lack some.
    You can try a little advanced book, and see if you get lost. If you do, you may need a beginner book first.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Thanks ^^ Do you people ever think that you might know too much? :P
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    Sadly, I know too little
    I still have troubles with template programming sometimes...
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    nah, I don't even know what that is :P
    And, I really hope not that someone doesn't have some problem with some part of C++ :P
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    hello, how do you guys see the C++ how to program by Deitels for beginners and intermidiate programmers?
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