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Summary: OK for beginners
Review: I am a 14 year old boy taking a college course on C. I already had a fairly strong C background. Frankly, I was rather disapointed. The book is incredibly easy, and instead of offering established functions (like atoi) they make new functions to do the same thing. Overall, I guess it's ok for beginners, but this was my text book for a colloge course, come on guys, lets get a little more advanced here.
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Summary: Concise, Elegant and upto the point
Review: I had wanted to learn C forever and had bought numerous books about it. Every one of them however, were written as if I already knew C. This is the book that changed everything. Very simple, easy to understand, and detailed information on the basics. I only had a C64 BASIC background before this. This book helped me understand what compliling was and what object and quad files were. Now I know MANY more languages but this one was essential to build the foundation.
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Summary: Very good if you have little or no programming background
Review: I had wanted to learn C forever and had bought numerous books about it. Every one of them however, were written as if I already knew C. This is the book that changed everything. Very simple, easy to understand, and detailed information on the basics. I only had a C64 BASIC background before this. This book helped me understand what compliling was and what object and quad files were. Now I know MANY more languages but this one was essential to build the foundation.
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Summary: Good for beginners, but there's better books out there
Review: I learned C by working with this book on my own. It covers the mechanics of the language fairly well, but I didn't come away with a strong understanding of pointers or the standard library. Try K.N. King's "C Programming" or Kernighan & Ritchie.
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Summary: Concise, Elegant and upto the point
Review: I used this book to cut my teeth in C. Of course, I know Pascal which helped me a little, but most of what I know in C is due to this great book. This book is the best buy for anyone looking for an easy to read, concise book in C. Those looking for a reference type book will not find it very attractive. But for most people like me, who are beginners this book is more than worth the money, but if you can, look for an older/used copy.
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Summary: Best Author on the shelves
Review: If you are looking to "Understand C Programming" the only way to go is with Kochan/Wood. They have produced a series of C Programming and Unix books which are without question the Best available today. I have spent several hundreds of dollars on books by other authors and none of them stand up to the Kochan/Wood series. I use them a constant reference and require all programmers which work for me to use them. I have taken non programmers and by using the Kochan/Wood books have developed them into proficient programmers. I now buy Kochan titles even if they are not a book which I am looking for because I know if I ever need information on the subject there is not a better more concise source than his writting.
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Summary: The best for beginners
Review: It's a really easy book to understand the C basics. One topic that is always confusing is pointers but not in the way that is shown here. If you are a beginner or has forgotten the language (this was my case), it's the best selection.
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Summary: To all other technical writers...
Review: READ THIS BOOK and learn how it's supposed to be done! As for programming books, I've wasted money on some 'stinkers' over the past 20 years, and I've browsed through many more in bookstores that I quickly realized weren't worth buying. This book, however, is not only the best intro to C programming, it may be the most well-written programming book ever published. It's a step by step guide with concise examples that are clearly explained. No previous programming knowledge is necessary. The best part is that I'm reviewing the version from 1988 (before 'ANSI' was added to the title). I'm sure the current 2004 version is even better. I just ordered Kochans' book "Programming in Objective C" without reading a word of it and I'm not worried at all that it was a waste of money. Thanks Stephen.
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Summary: The best C tutorial book
Review: This book by Steve Kochan is absolutely the best book for anyone starting out programming in C. This is an excellent introductory text with frequent examples and good text. This book makes no assumptions about the particular computer system or operating system on which the C language is implemented. This books is written for novices and experienced programmers alike. I love this book as the comprehensive 'teach by examples' book can help you master the unique features of the C language. There is complete coverage of program looping, decision making, arrays, strings, pointers and bit operations and helpful end-of-chapter exercises. This is the book I used to learn C and it really is a great book. The K&R book is really great as a reference, but not as the first book.I reviewed this book back in 1995 on the LEARN C/C++ TODAY list and it is still the best book for learning C out there.
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Summary: a good introduction
Review: This is a good introductory text on C. But to move on to C++, you need a solid foundation, like that presented in "Programming in ANSI C" by Ram Kumar and Rakesh Agrawal. Be sure to get a copy of "C: A reference manual" by Harbison and Steele, it contains everything you ever want to know in C and is actually readable
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