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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Looking for a good C text
Message-ID: <483@brl-sem.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 17-Nov-86 19:51:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 17 19:51:53 1986
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In article <1360@umd5>, don@umd5 (Chris Sylvain) writes:
> "C: A Reference Manual", by Harbison and Steele, ISBN 0-13-110008-4,
> Prentice-Hall
> 
Harbison and Steele is a great book, especially because it is one of
the few that even begins to mention differences between compilers, but
it is a little rough to learn out of.  I'd suggest keeping
	Kernighan and Ritchie, Kernighan and Pike, and Harbison and
	Steele
by your desk at all times.

Now some nominations for the worst books of all times:

	The C Handbook.  I'm not sure who wrote this.  It looks
	like a TAB handbook, but I was so disgusted by it that
	I threw it back on the shelf without noting the authors
	or publishers.

	Any of Gauthier's UNIX books.

-Ron