Actually, some of the best beginner's descriptions of C programming were
written by W. Richard Stevens in his book "Unix Network Programming" - I
believe he broke out the C programming section as a separate book (forget
the title).
I've also found the book "Absolute Beginner's Guide to C" is pretty good, too.
And, yes, K&R should be on your bookshelf
(BTW, for those with the first edition, look up "squirrel" in the index and
find the reference - the book's got an Easter Egg!)
At 02:02 PM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
>The problem with K&R, though, is it's pure, dense information. It's fine as
>a reference for an experienced C programmer, but you don't want to start
>with it as a beginner, especially given its high price/size ratio. I've also
>not been impressed with any of the Schildt books.
>
>Unfortunately, I'm being all negative without any positive suggestions for a
>book. I have several that I bounce back and forth between depending on which
>treats a specific topic the best. As a beginner, you might want to look at
>some of the "Complete Idiot" or "For Dummies" type books (not to imply that
>beginners are complete idiots or dummies ;-) ).
>
>Ken Davidson
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Yam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:38 PM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: Re: Looking for basic C Reference Books
>
>I recall your earlier post inquiring about SetBitMacro, GetBitMacro,
>RemoveBitMacro, BitAtPosition. Hope someone got back to you. Basically,
>they let the program (Address Book?) track which fields are blank and which
>ones have data.
>
>The classic book on "C" is Kernighan and Ritchie's "The C Programming
>Language," Prentice Hall.
>
>Michael Yam
>www.ytechnology.com
>
>
>Elizabeth Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:2128@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> > I am looking for some good C reference books. I need to start from some C
> > basics such as bits and bytes, variable types and pointers. Thanks.
> >
> > Elizabeth Chang
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
>
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