Firstly I shall explain a little about myself,
I wanted to use embedded microcontrollers and started off by learning assembly language, soon I found it wasnt powerfull/flexable enough for what I needed, so C was the way I was told to go.
After some weeks of looking through books, I found this one..
I did my usual trick of reading the first chapter, and for the first time since my quest for a C book I understood it! Im a hardware guy by trade/way of thinking and many programming books simply Confused me.Haveing worked through the book, I found it easy to read and very helpfull. At times it may seem a little 'chatty' but to be honest this is one of the things that keeps the book easy to read!
I taught myself C from this book in about 6 months, its so easy to get something basic like a 'hello world' program up and running in about an hour, and its VERY satisfying to see.. Its a superb beginners book, but as for reference its ok, but not as good as the K&R white book.. If you want to teach yourself C and you know NOTHING about C , This is the book for you... if you already know C and want a reference book, you wont like this book... |
| After 3 years of my life with AS/400 & Mainframe, I planned to take a break by entering into C, beleive me,this gave me exactly what I needed,and it is a wonderful book,I don't think any other books would have covered in this fashion. Ofcourse advanced programmers in C may not find it interesting but guys like me should read this before getting into more advanced C. |
