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Summary: This is the C book for UNIX users.
Review: Yes, they were right when it said this was the c Bible. Yes they were correct when they said this was not cluttered with C++. Yes they were right when they said this is not for beginners. This does of course include ANSI c, which is transportable to all platforms. It also states that " Since the ANSI c library is in many cases modeled on Unix facilities, this could may help your understanding of the library as well." This book should be used as a prerequisite to c communications books.
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Summary: a great book for people w/ some experience in programming
Review: This book is the _classic_ in C, being written by the people that created C (was it only Ritchie or both Ritchie and Kernighan?). It's ideal for someone w/ some programming experience that's trying to learn C because the book is very compact and doesn't describe simple programming terms like functions, statements, variables, constants, etc. in great detail. Although the book is very concise, it goes through almost every major feature in C, including unions and bit fields and malloc and calloc. However, this book doesn't go into detail into telling you how to make "big" programs, i.e. your own header files and a project with several source files. Try books like "A Book on C" (and I do recommend this book--it's great) for this type of stuff. Basically, this is a great book, and I really respect Ritchie and Kernighan for their hard work into the book.
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Summary: The Strunk and White for C programmers
Review: This book, while not for beginners, is a clearly written, excellent reference for programmers. It is either for programmers who are familiar with other languages or who already know C and need a place to look to answer specific questions. I've been programming in C for 10 years and have kept this book nearby on any C project that I've been on since then. I just finished a project recently and found that I reference the book at least on a daily basis. This book is the definition of C and the exact behaviour of the language. There is no substitute for this book, although there are many suppliments that are platform specific. If you want to write C programs, buy this book.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: The authors are very knowledgeable. It contains everything you want to know about C. Many great examples, it helps me learn C++. I am a student and it is a easy reading book.
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Summary: A superb classic
Review: I found this book excellent for learning and as a reference to C. It is clear, concise, and gets right to the point. One of the most important books in computer programming. Perhaps the only problem with this book is that modern students need to learn C++ (and/or Java), and C is only a subset. Indeed some of C's old-fashioned constructs are inferior to modern replacements found in C++. For this reason, one may consider this book dated. I just wish someone could write so well about C++.
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Summary: A high-intensity tutorial and a great reference
Review: This book (widely known as K&R, after the authors' initials) has for over twenty years been the best way to learn C. When I got this book in 1980, I had access to a Unix system and worked through much of the tutorial material in it. On the way I learnt a great deal, not just about C, but about good programming style, code reuse, the value of clear comments--in short, I was introduced to the skill set of an experienced computer professional. The book was a trendsetter in several ways. For example, the very first exercise given is to print "hello, world"; this is now seen as the first exercise in innumerable other, more recent books, many of which may not realize that they are borrowing from K&R. The rest of chapter 1 (there's a chapter 0, an introduction; another geek-cool change which has been widely copied) is a tutorial that takes you through assignment statements, data types, if/else, for, while, printf, function definitions, arrays, and variable scoping, in less than 30 pages. If you work your way through the embedded exercises you'll have written utilities to strip tabs, reverse input by lines, strip trailing whitespace from input, and several others. This is much more challenging than most tutorials, but the effect on the student is that you feel you are being treated as an equal. The book doesn't talk down to you; it gives you accurate and concise answers. It's written for programmers, in other words. The next few chapters go back over the elements of C in more detail, and should also be treated as a tutorial. Going through this material religiously will be far more valuable than any college class could possibly be. There is a reference section at the back, which is good to have. But the real value of this book is in the tutorial approach: it is a rare pleasure in the computing field to find a book that is simultaneously clear, stimulating and informative.
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Summary: The ultimate book in C but beginners beware
Review: Undoubtedly the most authoritative book on C and that should come as no surprise seeing who the authors are BUT definitely not a book for beginners. This book is great for someone who has taken at least 1 C course.
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Summary: Totally essential!
Review: Any C language programmers should have one
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Summary: This Book in general
Review: This book is the best one ever made, and should be bought by ANY C programmer that seriously wants to consider making games, graphics apps, or anything else. C is so flexible you can what ever your imagination can think of.
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Summary: fond memories
Review: When I was trying to learn C (almost 20 years ago), I tried to read this book. It was too hard, so I turned to other books. But a year or so later I came back and found this one of the most enjoyable computer books to read of all that I've encountered. There's lot of great computer science here, written in the best programming style. A difficult, but rewarding, classic!
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