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Summary: A wonderful book for a beginner programmer.
Review: I've decided to get this book after I read the reviews on the website.I'm an English major and never had any experience in programming. This book helped me alot! The explanation, illustration help you to understand better. It's a fun book too. I love this book and want to recommend it. I hope this book is available in Korea too. It's a strongly recommendable book. You'll never regret if you're a beginner programmer.
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Summary: Buy this book if you don't know where to start
Review: Just wanted to add my name to the list of highly satisfied purchasers of this book. This is an excellent programming book for beginners, even if you have never programmed before. I originally started out with K&R C, but it was just too dry. Perry's book gives you the basics and the confidence to move on to more advanced books (like K&R C, Pointer on C, etc).The only downside to the book is that there are no "problems" to work out. (Sure you can put his code in and watch it run--but where is the problem-solving in that?) However, there are numerous Computer Science Departments out there that do post their course work problems on the Net which can be easily downloaded and printed. Although, few also post the answers, so...good luck :) Watch out for the chapters on getchar() and getch(). getch() only gets a page or two of explanation and leaves a hapless beginner to founder. K&R C did help here at this point, takes some hacking away at it, but it comes eventually. (Or maybe it will come really quickly and you'll think, that tripped him up? What a geek!) Lastly, don't waste your hard-earned cash on a fancy-smancy C compiler. There are lots of good (and free) C compilers out there (GNU's gcc, borland DOS-based from www.borland.com, etc). Pick one, spend some time learning the switches and optimizations on it and then get to coding. From there on out it is just code, code and code. And then debug...and debug...and debug...cry...and debug... After this book I recommend cutting your teeth on K&R C (there's a reason they call it the C Bible). You can easily see the basics you picked up with Perry in K&R. It was a big help for me when I could see something familiar in the concepts and was able trudge on through.
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Summary: Awesome book for beginners
Review: This is book is the best one out there for beginners. If you are just starting to program or programmed before and want to learn C, look no further. The book is easy to read and at the same time fun. Every example is explained and you are never left wondering. I was new to C and thought that I'd never learn it. After reading Beginer's Guide to Qbasic by Greg Perry, I thought this would also be a good book. It wasn't anything less than I expected it to be. If you want to learn C and at the same time have fun, buy this book.
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Summary: this book is the best
Review: I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn c or ay other language like it. If you want to learn C++ you should definitely read this book before you start trying to learn C++. I would say that this book is for 12 and up, the book is very informative and very easy to comprehend I read and now I am able to write simple programs, if the part about simple programs throws you off and you are a beginner then you should definitely not be put off by it because a beginner can't just expect to program a windows95 game right after reading one book. I love everything about this book, it is the best!
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Summary: This book is for teenagers
Review: You may buy this book if you are 10-15 yeras old (price is a bit high though for this type of book for your age) AND there is no one (parent, friend) around to explain what this is all about. You should not buy this book if you have any kind of higher education.
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Summary: Very good book for the beginning programmer
Review: This book only teaches the basics of C but in a way that allows the beginner to learn progamming.
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Summary: GET THIS BOOK!
Review: This is THE book to start with if you know absolutely nothing about programming and you want to know specifics and not just an overview. Any book can be vague and leave you feeling like you need another book. Not this one. Everything is explained straight out with no techie cheese. This is great for teenagers, too. My 13 year old just finished reading this book and is making up simple programs. Congratulations and thanks to the author. This book is great!
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Summary: An Author That Knows The Meaning Of Beginner
Review: This book, is by far, the best book on beginning C that I have read. The Author's ease in explaning the C language clearly shows that he has a complete command of the language. The Author has hit that rare combination of how far to go into a subject without losing the reader. One could, AND SHOULD, pick up this book and finish it with relative ease. In the book, the author's other books are listed. I am very excited about learning other topics from this author. If his books are remotely like this book, I have all the confidence that I will be able to tackle it. I cannot stress enough, the ability of this author to name, explain and demonstrate without missing a beat. This book should be the jumping off point for all those who aspire to be a c or c++ programmer.
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Summary: Excellent Beginner Material!
Review: I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Certified Trainer who wanted to begin exploring the world of programming. I tried to teach myself C back in the old DOS days and eventually gave up - too frustrating. I've recently decided to give it another try and began looking for a "do it yourself-type" book. After reading all of the reviews for this book, I went out and purchased it. It is an awesome beginner tutorial on the C programming language. The best purchase I've made in a long time. Although the book was written 6 years ago, the material is very well written and provides you a fast way to get started programming in C. No outdated stuff in this book... If you're looking to get started learning C, you will definitely need to purchase this book. It is a very enjoyable book clearly written with the beginner in mind.
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Summary: Great book....
Review: I'm teaching a c class at a small technical school. I chose this as my textbook on the basis of the reviews here and couldn't be more pleased. The chapters are short and concise, keeping the students from being bogged down or becoming lost. I can't recommend this book highly enough for someone wanting to learn the language. Some material is presented in an order other than what I might prefer, but it has not and will not present a problem. If you want a good start, you should be pleased with this book...
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