I'm relearning C programming and decided that Pelles C is the best for me to use. I have been thinking of getting the book "Programming Windows 5th Edition, by Charles Petzold". It is listed to have been published in 1998. Looking over MSDN, it seems, that not much has changed with the basic structure of a Windows application, so I was wondering if this is still a great resource or not. I'm trying to estimate it's use for the next 10 years. Can someone comment on this? There is nothing in there about Win64, but I thought, making the adjustment would be as simple as using MSDN to supplement the book. The other books that I would use are "C Pocket Reference" and "C in a Nutshell". Are these three books a good choice together for serious use?
If you have another recommendation please post it. The goal of course is Windows application programming. I'm using Windows 7 Professional, but I intend for everything to be compatible with Windows 8 and future Windows. Much is changing in the Windows world, and I thought, maybe the old idea that C will never leave might be getting outdated. No need to argue that C will be around, except how does it affect Windows programming.
