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Summary: Great.
Review: I love this book. If i had to buy a 1000 paged book on C covering every important issue of the language or "The C Programing Language" I would choose the latter. When my teacher talked about learning a language i just had to lend it to her. It was the "right thing" to do.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: This book is a great reference manual for the C Programmer. Note that this book was never intended to be a "Teach Yourself C" book. You can learn C from this book, but it's very hard. Learn C, then buy this book. Oh, yeah... And those two imbeciles from San Francisco and Australia... How can Ritchie have no idea what he's talking about? He is the creator of C!
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Summary: taught me a lot more than just the C language
Review: I had been coding in Pascal before, but I felt like I only started to understand what programming is all about when I studied this book. If you agree that simplicity is senior to complexity and that aesthetics and software engineering are related then you will love it! I wish I knew a similar book for object oriented programming.
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Summary: The first book on C, made by the creators!!
Review: This is the first book ever published on C and it was written by the creators. You can't ask for anything more. This book is the definition of C!!!
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Summary: The programmers definition
Review: The person from san fransisco who says the author has no idea what he is talking about is SOOOO wrong, the author of the book wrote the C language you idiot!!!!! The sanfransisco guy ahs no idea what HE's talkinag about, anyway, good book, but definitely NOT for the beginner
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Summary: I think i'll take K & R 's book to my grave....
Review: I learned programming a couple of years back and instantly fell in love with C. And when i got k& R's book, I was amazed by their cute little programs. Especially I got touched by the strcpy function. char *strcpy(char *s,char *t){ while(*s++=*t++); return s; } How can one write such beauties? I'll never know... Ragib Hasan CSE, BUET Bangladesh
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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: I honestly do not understand the rave reviews. This book is only good for someone who has been programming before and just needs a quick reference. If you understand this book from beginning to end and are able to do all the problems then you are a darn good programmer and maybe that is its intent. It does state that this book is not for beginners and that access to a more knowledgeable colleague will help. Great advice. I only would recommend this book if you have been programming for a while in another language and want to revisit C. Do not purchase this book if you new to programming nor should this book be used as the main book for an introductory C class.
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Summary: The _DEFINITION_ of C, not a "learn in 12 steps" program.
Review: This is, contrary to the Australian and SF reviewers below, the book that defines what is the C programing language, by the people who created the C programing language. What seems to have been missed is that this is not a happy-happy joy-joy "We'll hold your hand while you stumble through a book written for elementary school children, that teaches you trivial concepts about programing while learning nothing substantive."This book is not for amateurs nor newbies. Reviews that criticize it for that are from people who simply have no clue. It is quite simply the most important resource for programming in C for anyone who is actually concerned about the actual definition and capabilities of the language. You can in fact learn C by reading this book, but I wouldn't recommend it for that. I would recommend it to someone who knows how to program, knows the basics of C, and needs a reference for "how things really work, deep down in the core of the langauge."
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Summary: Bible of C - Must have for C programmer
Review: If ( you're a dummy like the reader from San Francisco who don't even know who is Kernighan.) Don't buy this book; else you will be amused how powerful this small book is; Honestly speaking, you need some programming background to understand this book.
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Summary: From the author of the C language, the best reference book.
Review: The Australian and the other idiot don't know what they're talking about, or just don't know enough about computers to even care. This book was written by the two that actually conceived and designed the C programming language. Kernighan and Ritchie put a lot of time and effort into this book, and it is indispensible. This is hardly a book for beginners - this is for the already experienced programmer who wants to brush up on the C language structure, oddities, or whatever else (s)he may need. An excellent book - highly recommended. Check out C++ Programming as well, by Bjarne Stroustroup.
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