Re: C Prog. book recommendation

From: Manish Singh (manishhack_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/01/03 

Date: 1 Dec 2003 10:30:02 -0800

Richard Heathfield <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:<bqc5t2$ak5$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
> Michael J. Fromberger wrote:
>
> > In article <65660127.0311291751.3629938@posting.google.com>,
> > tekwiz@bellsouth.net (TekWiz) wrote:
> >
> >> i'm looking for a good book to learn C from the ground up. I
> >> currently know know nothing about any lanuguage witha compiler. i
> >> learn best by example and am fluent in PHP, Perl, HTML, and XHTML.
> >>
> >> I also need a recommendation for some good programming reference
> >> books. I've been told that the O'Reilly Safari books are good, but
> >> i'd rather hear than from the people in the field.
> >>
> >> thanks for the help.
> >>
> >
> > For C, it is virtually impossible to do better than:
> >
> > Brian W. Kernighan & Dennis M. Ritchie, _The C Programming Language_,
> > 2nd Ed. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1988 ISBN 0-13-110362-8 (paperback)
>
> Michael is indeed correct. I offer a couple of other suggestions which,
> IMHO, are inferior to Michael's suggestion, but are considered sensible
> alternatives:
>
> C Programming: A Modern Approach, K.N.King, W.W.Norton & Company, 1996. ISBN
> 0-393-96945-2
> C: How to Program, 2nd Ed. Deitel, H.M. & Deitel, P.J. Prentice Hall, 1994.
> ISBN: 0-13-226119-7
>
>
>
> As for programming reference books, I think you'd struggle to beat Knuth's
> "The Art of Computer Programming" in its awesome three-volume (at present)
> glory. Other reference books I have found extraordinarily helpful are
> "Programming Windows", 5th edition, by Charles Petzold; "Advanced
> Programming in the Unix Environment", W Richard Stevens; and "Unix Network
> Programming" (both volumes), also by WRS.

K&R book is the Bible of C programming, and is often taken as an implicit
recommendation for all the beginners. :)

While I can't even beg to disagree with the C veterans here, I still think
why the 2nd edition of Deitels' book is recommended by Richard. Third editon
has been in stores for a long time.

Since you have no prior knowledge of compiled languages and formal programming,
I advice you to get a decent book on computer architecture & assembly
programming. You can skip all these steps and jump directly to C programming,
but them you'll have a hard time getting acquainted with concepts like stacks,
pointers and arrays. As Richard as suggested, Knuth's books are classic ones
for any serious programmer. However, you don't need them until you've prepared
yourself for data structures, algorithms design and similar stuff.

For book reviews visit the site - www.softpanorama.org

Regards,
Manish Singh

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