Re:Poll: Do you know C?
by follower on Friday April 08, 2011 @12:31AM
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I've never understood the love people seem to have for K&R--especially as a beginner text. In the end I put it down to learning approach differences.
A decade ago I thought the book "C Programming : A Modern Approach" by K.N. King was a good starter text--I don't know if there's a better recommendation that's more recent.
In terms of after the fact reading, if you like the terse style of K&R you might pick up something but if you got bored I suspect that means you don't like the style. I suspect the time might be better spent reading some code instead.
A decade ago I thought the book "C Programming : A Modern Approach" by K.N. King was a good starter text--I don't know if there's a better recommendation that's more recent.
In terms of after the fact reading, if you like the terse style of K&R you might pick up something but if you got bored I suspect that means you don't like the style. I suspect the time might be better spent reading some code instead.