>C is close to the "machine" but assembly lang is even closer
>efficient code written in Assembly will be faster than C (but how many ppl
>out there still know how to write efficiently in Assembly ?!? (g))

True. But the power of a language is so relative... I can't say which is more powerful between C and Asembler, C and FoxPro, etc. The evaluation depends on so many things, and especially on what you have to do...

>> Try Kernighan & Richie. They really know how to explain things and make
>> them cool.
>
> K&R is indeed the bible when it comes to C, but C++ warrents use of other
>books IMHO

True again. But I think that K&R is the best book to start if somebody hates C. And there's no need to know C++ to understand Win32API, isn't it?

Vlad