On 21-Jun-2012, at 11:07 PM, cody chandler <cody.a.chand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > Talk about learning C Programming and the K&R book being a good one. Is > this the book? > > http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Language-2nd-Edition/dp/0131103628 > > Figured it would be best to start new instead of keeping the Chat forked > and moving away from the topid of the OBSD Fork. > > > Thanks > Cody > [...] By now I am sure you have the answer, however let me tell you my experience: while learning c I spent time on many books because k&r was difficult for me to follow. Other books seemed more friendly. This resulted in me picking up no practical skills until I thought I'd give a try to k&r. K&R is deliberately small to keep with the spirit of the C language, but the authors don't mince words - they will teach you the same things and even more in that small book, that might be taught by huge thick books in C. An excellent companion to this book is the C FAQ, http://c-faq.com/ as well as the C programming notes http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/krnotes/top.html The later will help you comprehend k&r in the initial stages of learning. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/readings/index2.html has a collection of excellent posts on many areas of confusion in C, for eg. see the posts on precedence and order of evaluation. In a nutshell, I have found no better book than k&r to learn the C language. -ag
