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From: dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re:  Wanted: advice on a good C textbook
Message-ID: <2790@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 20:30:37 GMT
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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In article <12509209925025@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, Drew Betz writes:

+      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
 
  You probably won't find much argument in this newsgroup!

+ 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.

  One of the best books out (IMHO) for someone such as yourself would be:

  C: Step-by-Step
  by The Waite Group

  ISBN:  0-672-22651-0

  This book used to be "The C Primer Plus", which I've been using in
class for about 2 years.  I've found it to be clear and entertaining
(not dry), especially for those with no "structured programming"
experience.

  K&R is a great reference, and is actually a wonderful book if you
have been programming in HHL's for a long time and don't know C - or
if you *think* you know C ;-).  However, K&R is not for the faint
of heart.

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