C by Dissection: The Essentials of C Programming (4th Edition)

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Summary: Outstanding explanation of the C programming language
Review: This book teaches the reader the ANSI version of the C programming language in a way that is clear and easy to follow. As new concepts are presented in the book, they are applied to a real program and then the program is "dissected" line-by-line, explaining each process. So many books on the subject are either too wordy or terse to teach someone with no previous experience in C. GREAT BOOK!

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Summary: Don't waste your time.
Review: This instructional couse was hard to follow and uses examples which are not based on real world situations. I took a class with 8 other cobol programmers, the course was a disaster. I would recommend learn c now b4 this work.

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Summary: Give this book to your worst enemy trying to learn c
Review: This is the worst book on c I have ever read. It is used as a text book and that is a travesty. This book has no logical organization in terms of the aspiring c programmer.... it may have some other organization scheme..... but that dosen't matter. How does a book this bad get published? Save your money, and look elsewhere for education on c.

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Summary: A Horrible Explanation of C
Review: This was the required text for my Intro to C course at my university. Let me just say, if you already know C you will understand this stuff, but if you want to learn C for the first time, GOOD LUCK! It took me forever to learn how to use a structure, and have been scared for life with pointers. Good thing I found other books on C that took the time to explain just what the point of each example was and why I was doing it. GOOD LUCK IF YOU GET THIS BOOK, YOU WILL NEED IT!

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Summary: An excellent reference for the programming language C
Review: While most other C programming books in the market concentrate on teaching the basics of the language, C by Dissection 3rd ed. goes further than that. It not only teaches you the proper usage of every essential function defined in standard class libraries, but also teaches them in a platform-independent and pragmatic manner, meaning that a DOS programmer will benefit from the tutoring as much as a UNIX programmer would. Many useful examples, practical discussions and overviews on common problems, common pitfalls and general suggestions are included and all the actual code is filtered through a tight seive of 'dissection', which is an extraordinary way of explaining the subjectively cryptic nature of the code, only visible to the newcomer. Also, there's an extra treat for the object-oriented generation of today: a 'Moving to C++' -discussion after each chapter, which alone makes the book worth reading. Even though the general look of the book is dry and has a special academic ting to it, it does not make it hard to follow, and furthermore teaches you all the programming essentials from a computer scientific point of view, making it compatible with official tutoring material. Put together, this is by far the best reference on the C programming language I have read, and I'm sure it's king-status will be preserved for quite some time in the future.