The Practice of Programming

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Summary: Great Book I Got It For An Advanced C Class
Review: This is the BEST programming book I have read right next to Teach Yourself C in 21 Days. I use this book when I program with C, I apply when using other languages also. I have never seen a book that teaches you the basics of everything. It should come with every developer tool on the market. I have recomended this book to every programmer I know. It is now my new bible.

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Summary: Turns average programmers into great programmers.
Review: This sort of book is long overdue. When I was a kernel hacker at Sun, Bill Shannon was the person who passed on the information which Brian and Rob have so carefully written down. It's very rare to see this sort of book - much of the material is quite subjective in nature, but my opinion is that it is ``correctly'' subjective. In other words, it suggests ways of doing things, which is always controversial, but the ways that they suggest are essentially the time honored traditions found in every experienced Unix kernel programmer.

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Though i havent seen the final version of this book, the beta that i have read was fantastic. Particularily the sections on debugging and testing code.

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Summary: A book that is full of wisdom and real world examples.
Review: When the book was published I liked the title and knowing the authors assumed it would be a good book to have. The emphasis is more on C, less on C++ and Java and OOP in general. The chapters: Debugging, Testing, Performance and Portability describe real world examples and in concise way points out important practical aspects of software development. It is useful for practicing programmers with C,C++ or Java background. It is complementing what most other books do not cover. That is why I bought it. It is worth the price. Would be happier if the book covered the OOP traps and pitfalls more deeply.