fred smith wrote:
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 12:25:34PM -0400, 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. As
always , any advice and or opinion is gratefully received.
Max
Others have mentioned some good books to check out. Allow me to
mention some to AVOID.
I don't know if Herbert Schildt is still writing books on C, or if
the older ones are still in print, but you'd be well-advised to avoid
his books. He is a good writer, and he writes clearly, so that you'll
understand what he says when he's done. Unfortunately, some of what
he teaches (with considerable clarity) is wrong, either waaaay wrong,
or worse, subtly wrong.
i've never met the man, and I hope that if he sees this he doesn't
take (too much) offense, but this opinion is widely held by people
in the C community who I trust to be knowledgeable.
I guess he is as I saw a book titled the complete C reference by Herbert
Schildt. I immediately thought of your warning but I wasn't interested
anyway because it was a reference for C, C++, C# and that is not what I
was after. The books focusing on just C were suprisingly few at my local
bookstore. I was a little disappointed by the almost complete lack of
books on just C. There was no end to the C++ and C# books. I ended up
grabbing one by Stephen Kochan "Programming in C" off Amazon.
Max
