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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Programming books
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Date: 9 Feb 90 14:37:19 GMT
References: <498@unicorn.WWU.EDU> <2502@leah.Albany.Edu> <898@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu>
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>>In article <498@unicorn.WWU.EDU>, n8643084@unicorn.WWU.EDU (owings matthew) writes:
>>> 	For any people desiring to learn C, I would recommend C Primer Plus.

>In article <2502@leah.Albany.Edu> ms361@leah.Albany.Edu (Mark Steinberger) writes:
>>Kernighan and Ritchie is excellent.

In article <898@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@orange9 (scott sutherland) writes:
>[K&R] STINKS as a tutorial....

	I am teaching a 100-student C programming course at Johns Hopkins.
After reviewing about 6 different textbooks, I chose "A Book On C" (2nd
edition) by Kelley & Pohl.  This edition is BRAND NEW (1990).  It's major
strengths are:

	o	An easy-to-read, conversational style.
	o	Examples.  Most example programs are first presented in
		their entirety, and then "dissected" line by line, explaining
		in detail what each line does.

The weaknesses:

	o	Bit operations.  (Section is lousy, in my opinion, unless
		you already know bit operations.)

Publisher is Benjamin/Cummings.

                                                        Dan

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