[NTLUG:Discuss] C book recommendation?

[Leroy Tennison]

Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
>
>   
>> I would like to learn C... is this a good book to start with?
>>     
>
> No, it is not good to start with. While comprehensive, it's fairly
> dense, assumes a fair bit, and is pretty dated.
>
> There are lots of other books to chooe from. I think the O'Reilly
> one (the "cow book") is pretty well-written, really explains pointers
> well, and I like the way that it also talks about the things surrounding
> C as well (makefiles, getting a compiler, debugging, revisions, etc.)
> which is very valuable for someone just starting out in C.
>
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pcp3/
>
> - --
> Greg Sabino Mullane greg at turnstep.com
> PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200609271406
> http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
> iD8DBQFFGr47vJuQZxSWSsgRAqv1AJ497ZzhBXwaHKjh7r26AOlANYtNuACgke7D
> ww1sBkYeKedWsfSdOwQHdbo=
> =G8h7
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
>   
One that I found to be pretty good is "C for Yourself" if it's still in 
print.  It's by Microsoft press so it may have some spin.