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Summary: Excellent book for Learning C
Review: Let's make things clear: This book teaches the ANSI C Programming Language.
It does not teach any of the following...
* Windows Programming
* Algorithm design
* Object Oriented Programming
* C++
* Advanced Programming
In 1996, when I first began to learn programming, I bought the first edition of this, along with about 5 books. Very quickly I had set all the rest aside.
In 5 years, it is the best book on pure C programming I had found, and I still refer to it on occasion.
It does not burden the reader with unnecessary abstract explanations. Nor does it gloss over features. This is not a Dummies Book. A novice may need to pore over certain sections repeatedly before some of the more complex concepts "click". But by dilligently compiling the examples, and attempting the practice exercises, the reader can gain a thorough understanding of C.
Thanks in part to this book I am now pursuing a successful career in software engineering. End of story.
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Summary: Waiting for a new Sams Teach Yourself Advanced C in 21 Days
Review: Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days is one of the finest introductory books in C. The examples are well chosen and the output is made available for nearly all the examples. I enjoyed the treatment on Strings.Most books I know did not handle this very important topic well. Having said that reading this book will not make you an expert in C programming but you will definetly get the confidence you need to move to more advanced books such "Sams Teach Yourself Advanced C in 21 Days" a book that requires to have been rewritten by now.For novices in C you may want to try C Programming a modern approach by KnKing ...
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Summary: A good resource, if you have patience, lots of it
Review: Teach yourself C is a soso book. It is bigger than most phonebooks and probaly have more words in it. If you want to learn C fast than this is the book for you. It give you step-by-step lessons on how to master C. The shortest amount of time it takes is 21 days. I most is 2 years. If you have the patience this is a great book.
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Summary: Buy the book
Review: The book is very good. It offers logical approach, clear examples, and I don't know what a good C++ programmer would do without a reference like that. I think that this book is perfect for a beginner programmer, or a guy with no experience.
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Summary: Reviews of sixth edition
Review: The sixth edition was just recently published. Please note when reading the reviews here on Amazon[.com] that most are for previous editions of this book and thus no longer apply. Most of the comments for improvements have been read and incorporated into this newest edition. This edition also includes updates to bring the book up to the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard. What does that mean? It means this book focuses on teaching C based on the most recent standards--something that no other book that I know of does. This book includes information on a few of the most recent changes to the C language. This newest (6th) edition also includes a CD with all of the source code and examples from the book. It also includes the DJGPP and Dev-Shed compilers, so you can get started immediately.This book was written to make it easy for you to learn the C programming language. Hundreds of thousands of people have used this book to learn C. This newest edition makes it even easier for you to learn.
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Summary: Recommended
Review: This book helped me to understand C programming in a way I didn't think was possible. It made me like programming. The book is well structured and I would warmly recommend to anybody who wants to start with programming. I am going to buy Advanced C programming as well
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Summary: Not good for beginners
Review: This book is not for beginners. If you had any kind of programming experience this book is for you. But if you're like me, who doesn't know what a program is, how do I program, what software do i use, if you ask all of these questions this book is not for you. This book gave a lot of information, it was really confusing. With all of these big words and stuff.
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Summary: Bad Writing Style, Bad Algorithm
Review: This book is very hard to follow since it's first page. Ex. it doesn't explain why we have to put return 0 after the int main, or why we have to use int for main, and stuff like that. I had to keep posting these stupid question to the newsgroup while I was reading this book. The explanation about the relationship between pointer and struct, pointer and array, pointer and function is also very badly organized and very confusing. Many contradictive sentences are used. The algorithm of the examples given in this book are also very bad! They can lead novice programmer to write bad style of code. If you want to learn C, I suggest you to get the real C programming book, like K&R's C Programming Language.
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Summary: Couldn't get a single compiler to work with the examples
Review: This book really sucks. I couldn't get anything to work right. There are some mistakes in the code examples that are inexcusable after their 5th edition. I would like to get my money back! Unfortunately, I bought this while traveling, and I can't return it. This book should come with a CDROM!
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Summary: An excellent introduction to C
Review: This is an excellent book on C. I took it to polish my C so that I can easily move to C++. It explains everything a beginner could ask for. This is one of the few books which covers certain other aspects of C programming, like the number systems, advanced structures, like linked-lists, a lot on pointers, etc. Few things that disappoints me are its vague description on preprocessor directives (I had to consult Teach yourself C in 24 hours) and certain rules on strings which I discovered the hard way. This is definitely a book for a beginner. If you are not happy with this one you can try "Let us C" by Yashavant Kanetkar or even better Kernigan and Ritchie's "The C Programming language".
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