Thinking in C: Foundations for Java & C++, by Chuck Allison (a MindView, Inc. Seminar-on-CD ROM, ©2000, bound into the back of this book and also available at www.BruceEckel.com). This is a course including lectures and slides in the foundations of the C Language to prepare you to learn Java or C++. This is not an exhaustive course in C; only the necessities for moving on to the other languages are included. Additional language-specific sections introduce features for the C++ or Java programmer-to-be. Recommended prerequisite: some experience with a high-level programming language, such as Pascal, BASIC, Fortran, or LISP (it’s possible to struggle through the CD without this background, but the course isn’t designed to be an introduction to the basics of programming).