C How to Program, 2nd Edition [Textbook Binding]

Paul J. Deitel (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0132261197 | ISBN-13: 978-0132261197 | Publication Date: January 13, 1994 | Edition: 2nd

Revision of best selling CS1 book using C; additional coverage of pointers, data structures, recursion and C++, plus new exercises and examples.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This text is especially appropriate for students learning programming for the first time. Highly practical in approach, it introduces fundamental notions of structured programming, gets up to speed quickly, and covers not only the full C language, but includes a review of library functions and a solid introduction C++ and object- oriented programming.

From the Back Cover

Highly practical in approach, it introduces fundamental notions of structured programming, gets up to speed quickly, and covers not only the full C language, but includes a review of library functions and a solid introduction C++ and object-oriented programming. Emphasizes the principles of structured programming and software engineering; includes tips on common programming errors, good programming practices, portability, performance, and software engineering; demonstrates, incrementally, the features of C within the context of properly structured and well documented, complete working C programs and sample executions; uses ANSI C throughout; offers an introduction C++ and object-oriented programming.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 926 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (January 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132261197
• ISBN-13: 978-0132261197
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,231,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Contribution to Humanity, October 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: C How to Program, 2nd Edition (Textbook Binding)

I love a book that is not afraid to slow down to actually teach you something. The authors have done everything successfully, from grouping the topics, to ordering the flow of the chapters, to the code itself. The tips and pitfalls provide sanity checks for common mistakes, and to the attentive reader should save lots of time.

True, this book may not delve deeply into all the obscurities that C/C++ has to offer, but for its purposes as 1) a tutorial, 2) an introduction to programming, and 3) an accessible treatment of 95% of C/C++, it works! (It is probably advisable to avoid the abstruse 5% anyway.) I still reference this book occasionally, so it's an enduring text.

Other books, such as the 21 Days series, gloss over the details and give the reader the false notion s/he has achieved some sort of quick mastery. Afterwards, you may as well throw it out because it is useful only once. On the other end of the spectrum, is the C++ Primer, written by Stanley Lippman. That text reeks of loftiness and obscurity. After you've programmed C/C++ for a few years, put that book on your shelf to impress others.

But if you like learning and want to experience the fun that is C/C++ programming, go with Deitel & Deitel.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars C How To Program, April 1, 2000

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Justin Scott Kirk - See all my reviews

This review is from: C How to Program, 2nd Edition (Textbook Binding)

I am currently using this book for my CS150 class at WSU. A very informative book to say the least but for those beginners out there I would recommend a book more oriented to beginner programmers. I will say that the only way I'm making it through this class is with the help of this book. Many examples, with just enough explanation and you should pick up the concepts in no time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Classroom=(yes) Individual=(no), November 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: C How to Program, 2nd Edition (Textbook Binding)

This book was designed to be a classroom text, and because of such it contains a great many exercises at the end of each chapter. Which is great for the 'classroom setting.' However, for the person who just buys this book off the shelf to learn on thier own, those exercises are virtually useless because the CD that contains the answers is only available to instructors. To me, this is about like selling someone a car without any tires. This is a great book, and I would have easily given it a 10, but because I'm trying to do this on my own and don't have access to the answers, I'm forced to give it a 5.