alt Hacker NewsThe manuals were great. I taught myself C/C++ in the early 90s mostly from the big stack of Borland books that came with Turbo C++. It’s hard to imagine learning something like that these days by simply sitting down and reading reference manuals.
The manuals were great. I taught myself C/C++ in the early 90s mostly from the big stack of Borland books that came with Turbo C++. It’s hard to imagine learning something like that these days by simply sitting down and reading reference manuals.
Me as well, as a teenager those manuals were invaluable, it wasn't as if we could easily learn elsewhere.
It was either the manuals, or getting lucky with magazine articles or local library book selection.