Wanted: advice on a good C textbook
David Geary
dmg at ssc-vax.UUCP
Thu Jul 13 06:30:37 AEST 1989
In article <12509209925025 at osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, Drew Betz writes:
+ I recently bought Borland's Turbo C 2.0 upon reccommendation from
+ the Psych Dept's programmer, who claimed C was the best computer
+ language in the world. A convinced consumer, I went out and got this
You probably won't find much argument in this newsgroup!
+ package right away. It really is impressive. Here's the catch: I
+ don't know anything about C and this is not the most user-friendly
+ language I've ever seen. What I need is a good intro book to C
+ programming and I don't know what's good and what's not. I'd
+ appreciate any suggestions (hint: NOT Kernighan & Ritchie, please)
+ as to what I should look into. Incidently, I am not familiar with
+ structured programming (e.g., PASCAL) either. My goal is to
+ learn C to a moderate degree of proficiency by simply reading a
+ book or two and hacking away.
One of the best books out (IMHO) for someone such as yourself would be:
C: Step-by-Step
by The Waite Group
ISBN: 0-672-22651-0
This book used to be "The C Primer Plus", which I've been using in
class for about 2 years. I've found it to be clear and entertaining
(not dry), especially for those with no "structured programming"
experience.
K&R is a great reference, and is actually a wonderful book if you
have been programming in HHL's for a long time and don't know C - or
if you *think* you know C ;-). However, K&R is not for the faint
of heart.
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