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- From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: **BOOKS TO LEARN C: SUGGESTIONS NEEDED**
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.212625.13242@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 21:26:25 GMT
- References: <eaeu209-090193013620@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu>
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- In-Reply-To: eaeu209@orion.oac.uci.edu (Rodney G. Ramos)
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- In article <eaeu209-090193013620@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu>, eaeu209@orion (Rodney G. Ramos) writes:
- >I've recently been interested in learning C. Can anyone suggest a good book
- >to get me started?
-
- Isn't this in the FAQ? If it isn't, it should be.
-
- >I already know Pascal, so it's important that I find a book that does not
- >assume the reader has no knowledge or experience with programming.
-
- The canonical text is _The C Programming Lanugage_ (2nd ed) by Kernighan
- and Ritchie (ISBN 0-13-110362-8). This is pretty much a dive-right-in
- book which is probably best for those already familiar with similar
- langauges like Pascal.
-
- _A Book on C_ by Kelley & Pohl (now in the 2nd edition, I think) has been
- often recommended as a text better for "beginner" programmers.
-
- _C: A Reference Manual_ by Harbison and Steel (ISBN 0-13-110933-2) is
- an excellent reference, and worth buying for any serious C programmer.
-
- --
- Yeah, right.
-