andrew@qcc-hal.UUCP (Andrew Kostiuk) (03/31/89)
Hi, what book (or set of books) would people rate as being the best about C? I am looking for a book(s) which will allow beginner C programmers learn the language as well as experienced C programmers to find the references they need (e.g., usual C library calls). Please provide title and ISBN number (if known). Thank you in advance. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------------+ Andrew R. Kostiuk #4 - 2345 Avenue C North | | | Q C C | M.Sc., P.Eng. Saskatoon, SK. | | |COMMUNICATIONS| Systems Engineer CANADA S7L 5Z5 | | | CORPORATION | Tel.: (306)665-6488 Fax.: (306)665-9936 | | +--------------+ uucp: alberta!dvinci!qcc-hal!andrew | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
gregory@ritcsh.UUCP (Gregory Conway) (04/04/89)
Well, I'm no C 'guru', but I've been real happy with my book 'Topics in C Programming' by Stephen Kochan and Pat Wood. (ISBN # 0-672-46290-7). It conatins references for libraries, system calls, curses, make, and debugging. It is NOT a book designed to teach C, it pretty much assumes you know C - just a reference manual of sorts. Of course, K&R still provides the best book to learn C from. (It may not be too 'friendly', but it is complete and definitive.) -- Greg Conway @ Computer Science House, RIT, Rochester, NY The prophet lives in the future, the poet lives in the past The lover is but a dreamer, clutching the moment steadfast