Customer Reviews

Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C (3rd Edition)

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If you want to learn C, this book might eventually get you there, but it felt pretty fluffy. 1000+ pages is a little much for such a simple language as C.

I also was floored to see code samples in the book that have syntax errors and don't compile.

I bought this book since the University website here in India "Recommends" this book for C and Data structures course. Since I myself have not done a Computer Science course as my major was Electronics, I tried to go through this book as my guide for C.

As it turned out this book is an utter Junk. It has 1000+ pages which will take you some time completing it and once you are done with it you will still not be able to solve a single problem in a more advanced C book -- Such as say K&R C.

The explanations of the concepts about the language is very bad and the Authors look like they have no background in C programming.

In all, there are better books out there for C. Save your money and do not buy this book.

I bought this for a textbook. It is not a quick read. However, it has a lot of examples and the summary pages and tips at the end of the chapters have been useful for class. The index is complete enough you can use it to find stuff. Whether you understand the explanation is another matter. The author can be quite verbose and attempts to cover everything. Good for a text, not so good for a reference. I'm sure there are more concise treatments, but this isn't a bad book and I am getting used to the format.

As a software engineer myself, I found a lot of the text unnecessarily wordy and complicated. In some cases, certain more advanced topics are discussed without more background information, so I can see how a beginner might be totally confused from this book. And to make things worse, several of the examples have typos in them which can make things even more confusing.

Overall, there are many C books that are much better than this, so unless you're forced to buy this book as a textbook for a course, I would definitely not pick this one.

It arrived quickly and appeared to be used.
which i guess is okay
but it was missing a Software CD that my son says he needed.
?
curious.

Really good and fast delivery! IT was exactly how i wanted it!!!! thanks! The quality of the product was grab and there was nothing wrong with the packaging. good buy

Great product, required for my computer coding class. Very informative. Great book to skim since there's a lot of useful information. If your having trouble on the homework, just whip this book out and you will almost always get an example similar to the problem.

This is a good book. I used for my freshman year in engineering. I sold it when the semester ended. However, I bought it again because I needed to review some material and I knew it was a good source. Recommended!!!

This book has a lot of examples and you can get practice before going to an exam or developing your own program. It is easy to understand and easy to read and go along with.

I am a new beginner for learning the C programming, and this is
our textbook. It's really helpful. I'll recommend it to others.
BTW, the condition of the book is not so good as what I expected.
Looks like a used one. That is the only thing I am not so satisfied.