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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780672305108
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0672305100
Label: Sams
Manufacturer: Sams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: April 18, 1994
Publisher: Sams
Studio: Sams

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
For 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.




Rating: - BUY! BUY!! BUY!!!
i started to learn C back in a college course, and it was very difficult. with this book, it made the material i learned more understable and easy. everything is broken down so even someone who isn't familiar with C at all can learn it with no trouble. i recommend this book to everyone.

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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, then you're all set.

That being said there are better (and cheaper) alternatives out there. Probably the best method of learning C is to subscribe to Harvard's CS 50 podcast. The RSS feed can be found at http://cs50.tv/ , or you can search for "Harvard Computer Science 50" within the itunes store and subscribe to it from there. The podcast includes separate video and audio tracks from lectures conducted by the courses' instructor, David J. Malan. The podcast also provides PDF's ... Read More

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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 language at all, I'd like to get it right even if it's a little scary. The authors could have alluded to there being more to it, at least.

Computer programming isn't a "sorta/kinda" thing, unfortunately, so I wish the authors had been just a bit more concise. I think they could have, without compromising the good intuitive feel they were also imparting to the readers.

That said, it's an okay place to start. But I think learning C this way could limit one's understanding ... Read More

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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.

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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.

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