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From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum)
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Subject: Re: Introductory C Texts <SUMMARY>
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Date: 23 Oct 90 05:46:10 GMT
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In-Reply-To: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 23 Oct 90 03:55:56 GMT
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In article <1990Oct23.035556.4068@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) writes:

   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.


I beg to differ.  It is written for people who already know
programming concepts, as is clearly stated in the foreword or
introduction, but it contains enough good exercise material to
be quite a good text book.  I've used it for courses in C, and
found that familiarity with the reference material in the back
was very useful for the students after the course.

Good textbooks don't just fade away.

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