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From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon)
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Subject: Re: Introductory C Texts <SUMMARY>
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Date: 23 Oct 90 03:55:56 GMT
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ferrick@acsu.buffalo.edu (patrick k ferrick) writes:

>A while back I posted asking for advice on a good C text, and since
>I promised to post a summary of the results, here goes:


>1. The C Programming Language - (Kernighan & Ritchie)
>   --------------------------

	This is a good _reference_ book, but I would not recommend it for a 
beginner trying to learn C by reading.