Catonic wrote:
I have a copy of K&R C, but looking for standard functions without rewriting the world was kinda of the object I guess. OO is something that I am finding is used more and learning those concepts wouldn't be a bad thing. I don't really trust the MS book I have on C. :)

If you really want to learn from an OO perspective, I recommend Java. Ignore Ruby and Python and learn Java really, really well. Use the O'Reilly books. They are quite good, and once you're done, working with Ruby or Python will be easy as pie. But you won't learn as much about how the computer works.

A lot of CS programs start you with Java. Its a high level language thats great for high level programming... like application software or web services. If you want to do low level stuff, like security stuff or drivers or real networking code, its limiting, and I wouldn't start with it. I'd start with C.

RE: Looking for book recommendations