C Programming Language (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software)
by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
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Author: Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. RitchieEdition: Paperback
Published: 1988-04-01
ISBN: 0131103628
Number of pages: 274
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
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Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Most people that are serious about C know about this book, often calling it "K & R" or "The Old Testament." As the authors of this book are also the authors of the C language itself, it's kinda hard to find a "better" book on the subject. The first edition has some errors that were (hopefully) fixed in the 2nd edition.
If you are new to programming, or have only used Windows, you may be a little lost as this holds true to the UNIX methodology of doing one thing well, and that is to teach C. It doesn't bother with helping to teach editor tools and compilers, or even basic programming concepts, as those are out of scope and the intended audience already knows about those.
This is a great book, and I wish more books on programming languages had the same approach to teaching syntax and its use.
Summary of C Programming Language (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software)
Just about every C programmer I respect learned C from this book. Unlike many of the 1,000 page doorstops stuffed with CD-ROMs that have become popular, this volume is concise and powerful (if somewhat dangerous) -- like C itself. And it was written by Kernighan himself. Need we say more?Languages & Tools Books
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