C language book recommendations
huj at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
huj at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Fri May 10 10:10:33 AEST 1991
In article <1991May9.204547.16573 at nntp-server.caltech.edu>,
magyar at betwixt.caltech.edu (Igen Magyar Istvani) writes:
>
> Well, K&R is OK - we use it here at 'tech for our intro to programming
> course. However, I find that it is not very useful either as a reference
> or for learning the language. The book only hits the _very_ high points of
> C, dealing mostly with structured programming instead. It virtually ignores
> most of the .h files, and gives almost no information on the use of the
> myriad functions provided in them. After a year of dealing with K&R, I've
> finally decided to go to my favorite bookstore on Colorado Blvd. and find
> a _good_ book for C.
>
> Ted Turocy
> magyar at through.cs.caltech.edu
On the contrary, this is what I found to be one of the more useful
features of K&R, the appendixes: Appendix A is the Reference Manual,
which describes in detail the syntax of all the structures and
statements. Appendix B is the Standard Librabry, which describes the
functions in the standard headers, what they do and how to call them.
I am talking about the 2nd edition of _The_C_Programming_Language_ by
Kernighan and Ritchie.
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