On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:29 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > 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 > > > -- > Matthew Saltzman Thanks, Matthew, although I mentioned the libraries I forgot to mention the book on them. I agree with your choice of Plauger's standard C library book also. It is a wonderful reference as well. So good in fact that the third one I had has gone missing... ;-) the tale of a good reference is how quickly and how often it disappears without a leash on it. Regards, Les H
