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Greeting to all,

I am just starting out and need to get a book or two to start off.  I 
took a class in C++ and used basic and fortran a long time ago but 
need to get a book that starts off simple.  Hardware is not much of a 
problem but the software is. 

Any recommendations.  I tried a search here on recommended books and 
got nothing so any pointers would be appreciated.

thanks

Jim