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C by Example

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Firstly I shall explain a little about myself,
I wanted to use embedded microcontrollers and started off by learning assembly language, soon I found it wasnt powerfull/flexable enough for what I needed, so C was the way I was told to go.
After some weeks of looking through books, I found this one..
I did my usual trick of reading the first chapter, and for the first time since my quest for a C book I understood it! Im a hardware guy by trade/way of thinking and many programming books simply Confused me.

Haveing worked through the book, I found it easy to read and very helpfull. At times it may seem a little 'chatty' but to be honest this is one of the things that keeps the book easy to read!
I taught myself C from this book in about 6 months, its so easy to get something basic like a 'hello world' program up and running in about an hour, and its VERY satisfying to see..

Its a superb beginners book, but as for reference its ok, but not as good as the K&R white book..

If you want to teach yourself C and you know NOTHING about C , This is the book for you... if you already know C and want a reference book, you wont like this book...

This book should be the textbook for Beginning Computer Programming.

I am a relative beginner to programming. In the past, I have found programming tutorial books to be absolutely boring because they lacked examples. This book is ALL examples. It is a very good way to teach the language because at every stage of the learning process, I am forced to take an active role in the learning process. I am halfway through the book and I have already typed in about 20 mini-programs that have progressively become harder and more complex. The result is that I am naturally becoming comfortable with the C computer environment.

This is an excellent book for beginners. I am fluent in Visual Basic but I had never been exposed to C. Suddenly I find myself needing to develop DLLs in C. I was scared to death because of the short time I had to catch up. I did not think C was that easy to understand until I started reading this book. Even if your previous knowledge on programming is very poor, this book will take you step by step so that you will be soon programming. The style in which it is written is very clear and simple, with very good down-to-earth explanations. The examples are very simple, they just show the concepts and are far from being a technical challenge, but they serve their purpose well. Mistakes: there may be a few, but nothing that can drive you lost (at least to me). However, it does not say much about using a compiler and if you are looking for advanced topics this is not the book, but, in this regard, the editor is very honest: at the back cover you can read it is for beginning to intermediate level users. I am ready to jump into the advanced texts. Thanks Mr. Perry.

It is definitely a book for a starter by using simple, but not miss, example. On the other hand, it is also for the people who did not has any programming background.

C is by no means a friendly language,in fact it is even more of a hostile, curmudgeonly language than good old FORTRAN IV. C is an entree to more modern languages such as C++, JavaScript and (to some extent at least) Java. It also sounds impressive down at the pub if you can program in C. I can't say that all Perry's book are great, but most of them are, and Greg really gets into stride with this one. Clear, comprehensive, friendly and fun and a wonderful intro to 'heavies' such as Kelley and Pohl's A Book on C. Buy C by Example, spend a rainy weekend or two with it and learn C!

Perry does an excellent job in presenting this topic. Many of the books I have read go to deep for the beginning C programmer. Perry offers a clear concise explanation of the topics and uses easy to understand exercises. I found this to be an interesting book to read as well, and strongly recommend this for anyone who has an interest in C programming, or may be using a text book that might seem hard to follow.

After 3 years of my life with AS/400 & Mainframe, I planned to take a break by entering into C, beleive me,this gave me exactly what I needed,and it is a wonderful book,I don't think any other books would have covered in this fashion. Ofcourse advanced programmers in C may not find it interesting but guys like me should read this before getting into more advanced C.

This book will definately answer some basic questions about C and definitions of some topics. If you want to know what C is, would like to have an idea what it is about, and if you are going to take a C course in a college next term, this is a good book for you to read now. It is also one of the cheapest C books you can get for that purpose. But, if you want to develop your skills in C, or would like to be a serious C programmer, get another book, or books.

Not enough clear examples. Too chatty for me. Just tell me how to program. Would much prefer a cookbook-style book. Had I known it was this bad and wasn't required for class, I *never* would have bought it! He does things like not clearly indentifying code that doesn't work. The book is rife with typos and plain old inaccuracies. How anyone is supposed to learn from that, I don't know. I was really disappointed because the Que series is generally very good. This was a notable exception.

Great book for a new starter. For something more indepth try A Book on C by Kelley and Pohl.