C by Example (Programming series)

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Summary: C by Example
Review: If you are a novice this will be a good book for you. This book is steered toward beginner programmers and should not be purchased by anyone that has an understanding of C. I bought this book because I was very happy with the "Perl by Example" I recently purchased. I was very disapointed. I have tryed to use this book over the past 6 months. Whenever I tried to look something up they don't cover it.

So if you want to learn how to program in C its great. If you are like me and enjoy seeing an example of a function, look elsewhere. This will NOT help you.

Brian (still searching for a good C reference book)

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Summary: For Beginners Only
Review: It is definitely a book for a starter by using simple, but not miss, example. On the other hand, it is also for the people who did not has any programming background.

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Summary: Excellent book for the beginning C programmer.
Review: Perry does an excellent job in presenting this topic. Many of the books I have read go to deep for the beginning C programmer. Perry offers a clear concise explanation of the topics and uses easy to understand exercises. I found this to be an interesting book to read as well, and strongly recommend this for anyone who has an interest in C programming, or may be using a text book that might seem hard to follow.

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Summary: Superb Book
Review: This appeared to be a good book for beginners (I'm one!) until I began to have problems running the programs. After a few typographical errors I ran into more difficult problems in chapters 13 and 14 on functions. I first went to Que website to look for a list of errata but there was none. Later I went on line to a c/c++ newsgroup and got help. In the above chapters the functions in the examples should have been prototyped (declared before the main function) but were not. I would have more patience with this book if the publisher made some effort to correct these errors, other publishers do. This book will frustrate beginers rather than enlighten. I would not recommend this book.

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Summary: Good for beginners & Weak for developers
Review: This book is full of errors, and it made me wonder where in the world this author got so many misconceptions about C. Evidently, he either has not read the book by Kernighan and Ritchie (the originators of C), or has not understood it, yet. If you want to become a serious programmer in C, consult the 2000 reviews at ACCU (Association for C and C++ Users) Internet site. If you just want to impress your friend at your first date, make sure your date does not know C better than this author, because this book is just as bad as so many C/C++ books in the market.

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Summary: Great for Beginners
Review: This book should be the textbook for Beginning Computer Programming.

I am a relative beginner to programming. In the past, I have found programming tutorial books to be absolutely boring because they lacked examples. This book is ALL examples. It is a very good way to teach the language because at every stage of the learning process, I am forced to take an active role in the learning process. I am halfway through the book and I have already typed in about 20 mini-programs that have progressively become harder and more complex. The result is that I am naturally becoming comfortable with the C computer environment.

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Summary: Great for Beginners
Review: This book should be the textbook for Beginning Computer Programming.

I am a relative beginner to programming. In the past, I have found programming tutorial books to be absolutely boring because they lacked examples. This book is ALL examples. It is a very good way to teach the language because at every stage of the learning process, I am forced to take an active role in the learning process. I am halfway through the book and I have already typed in about 20 mini-programs that have progressively become harder and more complex. The result is that I am naturally becoming comfortable with the C computer environment.

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Summary: Please rewrite this book
Review: This book, while a good introduction to C, is very poor in quality. There are a number of outright mistakes, and quite a few typographical errors. The line from the inside cover says it all: "_C By Example_ language is described thoroughly." Unfortunately the same lack of care shows up in the example programs and the incorrect sample output for them.

Wait for the next edition, or buy a different book.

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Summary: If you have never been exposed to C, this is the book
Review: This is an excellent book for beginners. I am fluent in Visual Basic but I had never been exposed to C. Suddenly I find myself needing to develop DLLs in C. I was scared to death because of the short time I had to catch up. I did not think C was that easy to understand until I started reading this book. Even if your previous knowledge on programming is very poor, this book will take you step by step so that you will be soon programming. The style in which it is written is very clear and simple, with very good down-to-earth explanations. The examples are very simple, they just show the concepts and are far from being a technical challenge, but they serve their purpose well. Mistakes: there may be a few, but nothing that can drive you lost (at least to me). However, it does not say much about using a compiler and if you are looking for advanced topics this is not the book, but, in this regard, the editor is very honest: at the back cover you can read it is for beginning to intermediate level users. I am ready to jump into the advanced texts. Thanks Mr. Perry.