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Summary: The best beginner's book for C........ EVER!!!!!
Review: I really can't say enough about this book. I have read, literaly, dozens of books on the C language, and all of them confused the heck out of me. THis book explains C programming in a simple easy to understand format. I love it. I really can say enoug about this book, other than, if you have tried to learn C and have had no luck... you have to give this book a try. It's a mirical worker!
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Summary: Damn good learning book
Review: It's the best learning book I have ever read. I can't really nothing that BUY IT if you want to learn C.Greg have a good humour, and it's help me. I just cant stop read like a good book. There are a lot of small notes, and these are funny to read. If you a totally new programmer you can buy this book. I start from the scratch, and if you already can program other languages, buy this book and read the first 5-6 chapters fast and then the good part comes. I only have one small problem with the book. It is written for Windows people. The compilers the mention is only compilers to windows (MS C compiler, Borland C etc..), nothing about the linux compiler gcc. But thats no problem. You can use all sourcecodes from the book with gcc also. So buy it now. I hope he will write to the end of his life!
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Summary: Finally a C Book that I can actually complete
Review: After trying to learn c++ several times (and failing), I finally got this book on c. I finished the book and it is fantastic. It gave me the solid understanding I needed to help me understand other books on c++. It's not that hard when you have the right teacher.
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Summary: Absolute Best Book To Learn C!
Review: I bought this book because I wanted to learn programming. I read all the rave reviews and it sounded good. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. To me, it made programming fun and easy. The final couple of chapters you may want to read twice so you really understand it. He is really good at explaining things in real world English, not programmers garble. I would highly recommend this book. If you read this and enjoy it, I recommend you read C++ Programming 101, also by Perry.
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Summary: This was a Lifesaver!!!
Review: My last real computer course was in 1983 when I learned Fortran. Since then I have tested software for a living, but not programmed. Several times I have tried to learn C, but I have floundered from book to book, finding that most assumed you already had some background. I did, but it was old and rusty. I bought this book and consumed 6 chapters in one night! Wow! And I understand it as I never had before! His examples and explainations are clear and easy to understand. This book won't get you into the deep stuff, but it will build you the solid foundation of understanding that you need for basic programming and moving on! Thank you Greg Perry!
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Summary: A Great Place to Start!
Review: I was a psychology major in college. While working as an underwriter at an insurance company, I decided I wanted to become a programmer. This the first programming book I bought, and C is the first language I learned. Six years later, I have spent the last 4 years as a programmer, and I am now a systems analyst at yet another insurance company. This book takes you from ground zero (and believe me, I was at ground zero!) to the level you need to be to move on to more complicated texts. Most texts start with the assumption you know some programming. This one does not! Buy it, read it, keep it. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: awesome book, with only one problem
Review: this book is awesome. it goes into complete depth on beginning C programming. it explains each function and tells you how/when/where to use it. the final coding in the back of the book teaches you all the things you learned over again. the only problem is that in the back, the blackjack program, on the bottom of page 375 the line should read (*numCards)--; i emailed them and they verified this.
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Summary: You don't have a clue about Programming? Buy it!
Review: When about three years ago I decided to begin learning programming I started searching a book that could show me the principles of basic-programming. The perfectly-explained concepts of this book gave me a very solid basis to go on learning C++, OOP and Windows-programming. Ok, you won't be a C-crack after having finished the book, but you won't regret it at all. I had some problems at the end of the book with file-access, but I could compensate it with other books. If you're a beginner, you absolutely have to buy it.
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Summary: Best C book to get started!
Review: This book really teaches non-programmers and beginners to understand C easily. The layout is kept interesting throughout the whole book, with diagrams and illustrations to help understand the concept presented. The text is quite informal and entertaining, with some humour inserted here and there. You won't get bored reading this book! However, each chapter shows only fragments of codes that need to be inserted into a C program, and NOT THE WHOLE C PROGRAM. There is only ONE LISTING of a WHOLE C PROGRAM at the end of the book (The BlackJack program), and it covers all the chapters discussed throughout the book. There is no exercise or a listing of a fully-working C program at the end of each chapter, so it may be necessary to skim each finished chapter one more time. I'd recommend this book for people who has no programming background, and as a stepping stone to really learn C programming by the programmer of C himself: Kernighen & Richie's The C Book (known as K&R). K&R is not for beginners, thus beginners need some other book first so they can keep up with K&R, and Greg Perry's Absolute Beginner's Guide to C is a good one to start with!
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Summary: The best C Programming book for me to learn!
Review: I have read many books about C Programming and the more I read,the more I get confusing.Until I read this book everything is so clear.It's the best book for C Programming beginners that I highly recommend to you. Lienle
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