OT: Programming in C
Les
hlhowell at pacbell.net
Mon Apr 7 19:18:54 UTC 2008
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:29 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 12:26 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, max bianco wrote:
> >
> > > I want to learn C and I know there are quite a few programmers on this
> > > list. I am looking for a couple of good books on learning C. I am not
> > > exactly a beginner but I am no expert and i would like to start going
> > > over everything from scratch. So if I could get some referrals to a
> > > couple of books I would greatly appreciate it. I am looking for a good
> > > thorough beginners guide to C and also something for the intermediate
> > > programmer as I expect to get through the former in fairly short
> > > order. I ultimately will be directing my efforts at kernel hacking.
> >
> > get "harbison & steele" and start reading the kernel source.
> >
>
> Wow, that's really tossing him in at the deep end of the pool!
>
> H&S is a critical reference that belongs on every C programmer's shelf,
> but it's no help at all for learning programming. There's lots of good
> stuff in kernel code, but a lot of it is highly specific to its task.
>
> I don't have a good beginner's reference, unfortunately. For an
> intermediate text, Kernighan and Ritchie is my favorite. I also like
> Plauger's standard C library book for good examples of library-type
> code.
>
> > rday
> >
> --
> Matthew Saltzman
Thanks, Matthew, although I mentioned the libraries I forgot to mention
the book on them. I agree with your choice of Plauger's standard C
library book also. It is a wonderful reference as well. So good in
fact that the third one I had has gone missing... ;-) the tale of a good
reference is how quickly and how often it disappears without a leash on
it.
Regards,
Les H
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