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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn C properly? by leoc on Sunday March 08, 2020 @09:44PM (#22522186)
Do you think that van der Linden's Expert C Programming is still worthwhile?

There's also the comp.lang.c FAQ http://c-faq.com/ , which is also very old now but still seems like a no-brainer to me.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn C properly? by sramsay on Sunday March 08, 2020 @10:03PM (#22522277)
I think Expert C Programming is a great book (really, as much a classic as the K&R), but I'm not sure I'd put it on the OP's list. At least not right now.

It says something about C (I'm not sure what) that it's possible to learn quite a bit about C from a book that was written in 1994. But it was written before C99, and it shows.

If you're a C hacker and you haven't read it, definitely do. It's great.

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