having taught some classes at the UofC (continuing ed), and being asked
to select the text book for the course, I think I can say that picking a
book based on what a course is using is a bad idea.
IF (and that is a big if), the instructor is good, they will hopefully
have picked a good book. But, I've seen many courses where the text
book was a very basic type that would walk you through some exercises,
and then become useless to you. At the other end of the spectrum were
the reference type books that were very good if you already knew what
you were looking for, but were very poor at introducing people to the
topics.
Finding a good book that could introduce you to the topics AND serve as
a reference for years AFTER the training period, well that's not an easy
task. And it is a task that I humbly suggest most instructors fail at.
Not necessarily because of the instructors skill, but because such
books are hard to come by.
Then again, I could be totally wrong and only seeing things from my
narrow perspective/experience.
I know a little of Craig's background though. I think he could learn
from just a reference book.. :)
My thoughts.
Shawn
[email protected] wrote:
I took a quick look at the web description of probably one of my
favorite university courses I ever took and yes the book list has
changed! K&R is not even recommended any more. It looks like the
current bible is "C Programming A Modern Approach 2nd edition". I have
not taken a look at this book but just for the fact that the course is
using it, I would highly recommend it. I will take a look at it myself.
hope it helps!
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:02:36 -0700
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Recommendations for C Programming Book
Hello.
I own Kernighan and Ritchie, I`ve even used it as a reference in the
more distant past. It definitely is one of the great classics in
Computer Science. I think I might use K&R, Expert C Programming and the
Programming Praxis website to get back up to speed. Most of the
tutorial based books seem to simple.
Nothing like diving right back in.
*From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *Robert Lewko
*Sent:* December-20-09 9:59 PM
*To:* CLUG General
*Subject:* Re: [clug-talk] Recommendations for C Programming Book
Another excellent book and you can't get more authoritative authors than
those. The reason that I prefer the other book is that there is more
information including tips for C compiler writers.
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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Craig McLean wrote:
> Hello.
>
> After a long absence I'm getting back into C programming. In another
life I
> wrote a compiler which could produce 68000 assembler, so I know what I'm
> doing, I'm just really rusty.
>
> My preferred learning method is books. Can anybody suggest any C
books for
> smart people? I've picked up "Expert C Programming" by Peter van der
Linden
> and I've heard good things about "The Joy of C" by Lawrence H. Miller and
> Alexander E. Quilic. Does anybody have any other suggestions?
>
My holiday project is to get through one C book. The one I chose is the
"C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie.
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