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From: BETZ-A@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Betz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Wanted: advice on a good C textbook
Keywords: C textbook advice?
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Date: 11 Jul 89 20:22:25 GMT
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     I recently bought Borland's Turbo C 2.0 upon reccommendation from
the Psych Dept's programmer, who claimed C was the best computer
language in the world.  A convinced consumer, I went out and got this
package right away.  It really is impressive.  Here's the catch: I
don't know anything about C and this is not the most user-friendly
language I've ever seen.  What I need is a good intro book to C
programming and I don't know what's good and what's not.  I'd
appreciate any suggestions (hint: NOT Kernighan & Ritchie, please)
as to what I should look into.  Incidently, I am not familiar with
structured programming (e.g., PASCAL) either.  My goal is to
learn C to a moderate degree of proficiency by simply reading a
book or two and hacking away.

     Please send suggestions to:

     Betz-A@OSU-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu     {InterNet}
(or) TS7080.OHSTMVSA.BITNET                {BitNet}

     Thanks in advance,

     Drew Betz