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Re:I stopped everything and started writing C again by davidwf on Thursday March 13, 2025 @10:02AM (#43353468)
I highly recommend Zed Shaw's "Learn C the Hard Way": https://learncodethehardway.org/c/

I worked through this and felt well-prepared to actually use C in anger when I had to.

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Re:I stopped everything and started writing C again by armitron on Thursday March 13, 2025 @02:43PM (#43356116)
Terrible overall and entirely wrong in multiple places. If you learn C from this book, you should't be writing C.

The last bit is also true for K&R The C Programming Language (avoid at all costs).

You're better off with:

- Modern C (whatever edition is current)

- Seacord's Effective C: Introduction to professional C programming

- C Programming: Modern Approach 2nd edition (bible)

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