C How to Program, 2nd Edition

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Summary: One of the most thorough C++ books you can buy
Review: This text was completely thorough on most topics. The chapters progressed smoothly and at a controlled pace. A little more could have been said to introduce classes and operator overloading, but overall this book is wonderful for the person who knows C or wants to learn C++ thoroughly!

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Summary: Not good for inexperienced programmers
Review: This was a required book for my university course. I found it to be quite good (I have been programming in various languages since age 6 - now 19), however most of my classmates who were inexperienced programmers found it horrendous. The teaching staff are currently looking for a new text as they find it awful to teach from. I found at least one code sample that doesnt actually comnpile.

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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: We used this book in an Intro to C programming class. This is not a book for beginners. The instructor knew that this book would not make sense to us without a lecture to introduce the concepts. At best, he hoped that after he explained the concepts, this book would be a way to review them. I didn't even find it useful for that.

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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: We used this book in an Intro to C programming class. This is not a book for beginners. The instructor knew that this book would not make sense to us without a lecture to introduce the concepts. At best, he hoped that after he explained the concepts, this book would be a way to review them. I didn't even find it useful for that.

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Summary: The best of the C books I have read/seen.
Review: We used this text book in an introductory course in C and I have to say it is the best I found. Most of the time I didn't bother to go to class because the authors' ability to clearly relate the how and why of C is so excellent. Having used and purchased other C references, I have to say this book is outstanding!

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Summary: A Classic
Review: When I was in college a few years back, this book was used in our introductory C course. I credit this book for teaching me the correct way of programming. I must confess that I devoted alot of time to the excercises given in the text, many of which I found extremely challenging. For those of you thinking about purchasing the book I strongly advise that you not skip the exercises at the end of each chapter. They reinforce the material presented in the chapters and I promise are well worth the effort!