On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:49:25 +0000, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: > aitor_...@gnuinos.org writes: >> They wrote the following book: >> >> "The C programming language" > > I read both editions in my time and... isn't there anything better yet? The > book is short and gets to the point, but the code samples are terribly > happypathish, with weak and unstated pre- and postconditions. Staying on > the happy path is okay in a python script that is to run once, not so fine > in a book that aims to teach people a programming language. > > And that long long chapter about converting between C type syntax and > understandable got on my nerves. > > Arnt >
Hi Arndt, there appear to exist surprisingly few correct yet well written books on the subject. I still deem K&R2 as the best starting point, provided one has already acquired a tiny bit of experience in the programming field. The C Standard as a reference is a bit clunky, and the "standardese" may turn out a bit off-putting at times, but in the end it's /the/ normative document. Then there is "C: A Reference Manual" by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy R. Steele, which I personally never used but saw it regularly being recommended by experts. And then Plauger's library reference I mentioned in another post in this thread. Just to round it up, there's "C Unleashed" by Richard Heathfield et al., and "Numerical Recipes in C" by W. Press et al. Worth keeping bookmarked is the comp.lang.c FAQ: http://c-faq.com/index.html The Lysator C page has some interesting and still relevant resources and links, though it looks a bit dated these days: https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ A lot of the other books I found in shops, on the web, or on coworker's shelves regularly sent shivers down my spine after flipping through just a few pages. It is almost unbelievable how much misinformation can be spread about a conceptually very clear language like C. A sharp tool requires sharp people to write sharp books about it, I assume. HTH, HAND Irrwahn _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
