Thinking in C

April 9, 2006 10:30 AM

Thinking in C. A flash based C tutorial by Bruce Eckel intended as a foundation for C++ and Java.
posted by srboisvert (7 comments total)

if anyone figures out how to download it, can you start a torrent?
posted by wumpus at 10:37 AM on April 9, 2006

wumpus: Go here. Click the "download" button on the right. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "ThinkingInC-Beta2.zip". Easy as pie.

Thanks for this, srboisvert.
posted by sveskemus at 11:08 AM on April 9, 2006

C, excellent efficient language.
C++, the cause of all the obesely bloated software of the past decade.
posted by HTuttle at 11:37 AM on April 9, 2006

I still heart Ruby.
posted by charmston at 1:07 PM on April 9, 2006

If it's a flash file, why can't they just stick it on the bloody webpage? Only someone who's been thinking in C for too long could have such a convoluted process for downloading a tutorial :^)
posted by krunk at 3:32 PM on April 9, 2006

If it's a flash file, why can't they just stick it on the bloody webpage? Only someone who's been thinking in C for too long could have such a convoluted process for downloading a tutorial :^)

Because it's 90mb or so zipped.
Even without having the file on the page, it looks like his page is borked (not totally, just v. sluggish).

Can you imagine how long the site would hold up if he had it on the page? His site is already linked here on Metafilter. Given it's technical nature, getting slashdotted is just as likely if it hasn't already happened.
posted by juv3nal at 4:16 PM on April 9, 2006

It's a 90 MB file, which more or less excuses the dubious process (I initially wondered why it wasn't just hosted on the web somewhere as well). A torrent would be great though.
posted by simonw at 4:26 PM on April 9, 2006