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From: mlinar@poisson.usc.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C Beginner
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Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 15:37:35 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 11 15:37:35 1987
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In article <7808@brl-adm.ARPA> 7GMADISO%POMONA.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU writes:
>
>Greetings.  I am new to Info-C, as I am to the language itself.  I am still
>in the process of feeling my way around the language, as I have only written
>one 'real' program in C so far, a sort of search-and-replace program.
>
>My first question is, are there any books that are particularly good for
>a beginner??  I have K&R as a reference, but a tutorial for the novice it
>most emphatically is NOT.
>

As far as a "generic" C learning book, I have read MANY as part of a part-time
consulting job.  Interesting enough, the best book I have come across is the
Mix C manual which is somewhat intimidating since it is about the size of
a phone book.  However, there is a thorough presentation of the language as
well as an example about every other page.

Overall, it is the best learning manual yet.  (After learning C, you will
no longer need the book as it is difficult to find everything.  The Mix C
compiler is sold out of someplace in Texas; BYTE carries ads, I think.
The compiler is AWFUL, but the book is great and worth the $40+ even without
the program.)

-Mitch