C Programming

[Matthew Miller]

On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 10:08:09PM -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> Aaron Konstan is correct.  The Kernigan-Ritchie manual is fine for
> reference, but is woefully inadequate for people in the process of
> learning to program.  As a matter of fact it says right in the preface
> to the first edition that it is NOT an introductory programming manual;
> the book assumes familiarity with basic programming concepts.  I myself
> have found the book inadequate to the task of teaching beginners.

I think we all agree on this. It's not a book for learning to program.
However, it's hands-down the best book for someone who knows some basic
programming to learn C.

> The best book I have found for ground-up C programming is "C How To
> Program", by H.M. Deitel and P.J. Deitel.  I went thru quite a few books
> before I found this masterpiece.  ISBN number is 0-13-226119-7.
> I like the second edition of this book better than the third.  It seems
> more straightforward and "pure".  The cutesy bug icons in the third
> edition don't do alot for me.

It's up to 4th edition now. Perhaps it's only getting worse with each
edition, which would explain the huge disparity in our perceptions.

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