walton%DEImos.Caltech.Edu@cit-hamlet.ARPA (03/25/86)
As promised, here is my report on what the net people recommended. I am
replying individually to all those whose comments I received, so if you
sent me something and don't get a reply soon, try again--it probably got
lost on the way.
The only book recommended by more than one person was Harbison and
Steele's "C: A Reference Manual," and based on that, I bought it. I'm
very happy with it; it fills my needs quite well. 'Nuff said--I'm
sure most of you are more familiar with it than I am.
Other books which came highly recommended by one or another of you:
"Programming in C", by Lawrence H. Miller and Alexander E. Quilici,
about to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. "The most useful,
clear, and up-to-date book on C that I've used."
"Learning to Program in C" and "Reliable Data Structures in C", by Thomas
Plum. The first is a good tutorial on a subset of C, the latter picks
up where the former leeaves off--jump tables, structures, records.
"Programming in C" by Kochran. A recommended first book.
"The C Programmer's Handbook", by Thom Hogan. Uses a man style format to
document the language, so its a quick easy reference.
"C Programmer's Library", by Jack Purdum. Good advanced book geared
towards IBM PC's. Also recommended by the Whole Earth Software Catalog,
for what that's worth.
Steve Walton
Caltech Solar Astronomy
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