On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 12:26 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, max bianco wrote: > > > I want to learn C and I know there are quite a few programmers on this > > list. I am looking for a couple of good books on learning C. I am not > > exactly a beginner but I am no expert and i would like to start going > > over everything from scratch. So if I could get some referrals to a > > couple of books I would greatly appreciate it. I am looking for a good > > thorough beginners guide to C and also something for the intermediate > > programmer as I expect to get through the former in fairly short > > order. I ultimately will be directing my efforts at kernel hacking. > > get "harbison & steele" and start reading the kernel source. > Wow, that's really tossing him in at the deep end of the pool! H&S is a critical reference that belongs on every C programmer's shelf, but it's no help at all for learning programming. There's lots of good stuff in kernel code, but a lot of it is highly specific to its task. I don't have a good beginner's reference, unfortunately. For an intermediate text, Kernighan and Ritchie is my favorite. I also like Plauger's standard C library book for good examples of library-type code. > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: > Have classroom, will lecture. > > http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > ======================================================================== > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
