Product DescriptionFor beginning programmers, this updated edition answers all C programming questions. This bestseller talks to readers at their level, explaining every aspect of how to get started and learn the C language quickly. Readers also find out where to learn more about C. This book includes tear-out reference card of C functions and statements, a hierarchy chart, and other valuable information. It uses special icons, notes, clues, warnings, and rewards to make understanding easier. And the clear and friendly style presumes no programming knowledge.
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Rating: - Good, but there are better alternatives
Let me first say that this book is by no means bad. It makes C as simple (I would bold "simple" if I could) as possible, breaks the topics up into bite sized chunks based on topics, warns you about common mistakes, and provides the code for a lengthy blackjack program at the end for your personal dissection and analysis. My main problem with the book is that it does not provide problems for you to solve. It just explains the language. If you couple it with a book that includes a large number of problems, ... Read More
Rating: - Not bad, but could have been more accurate
The book is good for a beginner just to get an intuitive feeling from, but I believe the editors should edit more carefully for actual accuracy. There are a lot of places where the text implies "learn it this way for now" as opposed to "learn it this way". As I have learned more C on my own, past this book, I realized they left out and glossed right over some glaringly important points. Maybe for the sake of not scaring the reader? Hey, I am a grown-up. If I am going to take the trouble to learn the ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book for beginning programmers
Greg Perry has a way of teaching complex subjects to absolute beginners. This book is easy to follow even if you've never programmed before.
Rating: - Extremley beginner leve
This book is extremely simple and by far too verbose.
Book is about 360 pages which could easily be fit in 90 page none-verbose version. Still good start if you are absoutely new to C.
To be more specific, this book doesa good job to defining compplecated C terms like Stack/Hip and dynamic memory allocation.
Rating: - Amazing book of C for beginners!
Hi, my name is Adrian Mowrey, and I'm a computer programming student. I always wanted to learn C, but I couldn't because I wasn't able to find a good reference for beginners until I found this book. Another thing that made it harder for me to understand other books is that English was not my first language, and many other books talk too technical for me to understand. This book is much easier for someone, like myself, whose first language is not English. After I read this book, I decided to move forward ... Read More
- Good, but there are better alternatives
- Excellent book for beginning programmers
- Extremley beginner leve
