A good book on C Programming?

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Sun Dec 28 15:38:28 UTC 2003


On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Nicolo' Nepote wrote:

> The best book ever is, of course, the Kernighan-Ritchie
> Who can say the opposite????

Well, I'll step up here.  K&R is a classic, and it's a great book for an
experienced programmer to learn from (as I did).  I think there must be
better books for a novice, though.  Also, without a doubt the best
*reference* is Harbison & Steele's "C: A Reference Manual".

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> On Saturday 27 December 2003 21:37, Gavin Henry wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > During my degree, BEng (Hons) Electronics and Communications Engineering,
> > we did C programming every year, but I never kept it up, as I had no
> > interest and didn't see the point. But now I really want to get back into
> > it as I see a point with GNU/Linux. I want to get my old skills back and
> > write something or help on some projects etc.
> >
> > I need some good books. I used to have one called "A Book On C", but sold
> > it, and I have been reading various tutorials on the web and the many
> > devoted websites.
> >
> > Anyone have any recommendations?
> >
> > One more question, should I go for C or C++? Which will benefit me more
> > with GNU/Linux?
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
> >
> > Gavin.
> > - --
> > Regards
> >
> > http://www.magicfx.co.uk
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