May be my post may look naive to many...but it isn't if you were to believe me.After, trying to learn programming in C for at least 5 years , I concluded that K & R is the best book to learn C, alas I took a lot of time to realize this.
So, I'm going to start learning how to program in C++(I'm not good at C) so which book do you recommend me? The book should get me start programming in C as fast as possible plus shouldn't be bulky, and should be simple.I know books with such characteristics are rare but if you know any please name them.
It depends a little bit on your source system, is it safe to assume you have gcc? The best way to start learning is to work through some online examples.
If you must, then the following books will prove indispensable as a reference:
C++ Primer by Stanley B. Lippman
The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition by Bjarne Stroustrup
I frequently see confusion from learning C++ without learning enough of the underlying things in C. Many strange things in C++ remained mysterious to me until I followed a C course at college, which used the textbook 'a first book of ansi C', probably the third edition. It's a lovely book and I wish I hadn't given my copy away to a friend who was trying to learn programming -- don't think he ever used it, and I never got it back...