Introductory C Texts <SUMMARY>

[Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems]

>>>1. The C Programming Language - (Kernighan & Ritchie)
>>>   --------------------------
>>
> gordon at osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) writes:
>>	This is a good _reference_ book, but I would not recommend it for a 
>>beginner trying to learn C by reading.
>>----------
> 
In article <5940042 at hpcupt1.cup.hp.com>, jamiller at hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Jim Miller) writes:
> I thought it was VERY good for a beginner (me, several years ago).
> Far better than many other tutorials.  15 pages per concept puts me to sleep,
> I perfer to spend my time understanding a concept as opposed to spending
> my time trying to *find* the concept.
> 
> Of course I was not a beginner programmer, just a beginner C-coder.

Aha!  Another type-D reader on the net!  (ref. my post last week
about type D and type I readers)


Please do not attribute these remarks to any other person or company.
                                   email: browns at iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, USA    +1 216 371 0043