lute@abnjh.UUCP (J. Collymore) (09/06/83)
The following books have been recommended to me as useful for learning the
C programming language. Books 1 & 2 were most often cited in the 30+
responses I received, as especially helpful for the individual who has no
prior (or little) programming experience. Books 9 & 10 were cited as
supplemental books that some of you may enjoy, or want for your library.
I hope that you find this listing helpful. Please send me mail if you have
any opinions about these books or about this list.
1. The C Primer by Les Hancock and Morris Kreiger, McGraw-Hill, 1982
(price: $14.95)
2. Learning to Program in C by Thomas Plum, Plum Hall Inc., 1 Spruce Ave.,
Cardiff, N.J. 08232
3. Programming in C by Stephan Kochan, Hayden Book Co., 50 Essex St.,
Rochelle Park, N.J. 07662 (price: $18.95) TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER,
1983.
4. A User Guide to the UNIX System by Jean Yates & Rebecca Thomas,
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
5. Introducing the UNIX System by Henry McGilton & Rachel Morgan,
(A Byte Book), McGraw-Hill, 1983.
6. C Programming Guide by Jack Purdum, 7960 Castleway Dr., Que Publishing,
Indianapolis, Ind. 46250, 1983.
7. The UNIX System by S.R. Bourne, International Computer Science Series
of Addison-Wesley, 1983.
8. The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kerninghan and Dennis M.
Ritchie, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632
9. The C Puzzle Book by Alan Feuer, Prentice-Hall, 1982. (price: $14.95)
"This book is an excellent companion to Kerninghan and Ritchie. It is
a collection of puzzles, written in C, that will test your knowledge of
the idiosyncracies...of the C Language. The puzzles are all of a type:
a short program is given, usually ending with one or more printf's.
Your task...is to discover what the printf's will say. No compiling
the program and cheating; besides, the answers are given on the next
page. Even better, each answer is derived in an appendix, so you can
find out why that strange piece of code gave you such an unexpected
output."
10. C Notes by C.T. Zahn, Yourdon, Inc., 1979.
Remember, if you can't find these books easily, go to your nearset good/large
book store and ask if they will special order the book(s) for you. They will
need the Title, Author, Publisher (and sometimes year of pulication). Special
orders take anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks.
If your bookstore(s) can't or won't special order the book(s), try writing the
publisher. Or call directory assistance for the publisher's phone number.
When calling, ask for the Customer Services line.
Jim Collymore