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The Waite Group's New C Primer Plus

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A solid tool for learning c programming. An excellent tutorial with very meaningful exercises as well as a handy reference. However, buyers should be aware that the publishers have not followed the trend of making the source code available via free download, but instead charge $15 for a disk.

I have gone through several books on C. But I feel that anyone who goes through the first chapter of this book will say 'This is the book I needed'. Going through it was fun - right from the first to the last line of the book. (I forgot that C is a subject in my curriculum)

If I rate this book w.r.t any other book on any subject (comparing how much the authors are able to convey the subject to the readers) this book will easily be among the best.

The book is the best for begineers in C and will also be useful to those who know C but are not very clear about the intricate concepts(There are many to be learned in C).

However you should look for some other title if you are going for really advanced programming in C.

This book was the best C book I've ever read. It starts with the basics and moves slow ahead... hard to understand sometimes, but that's C for you... goes on to explain unions, structures, and advanced data representation. I recommend it

Even if you have another beginning text, the excellent review exercises alone are worth the price of the book. If you are hoping to learn C from scratch, this is the one. If you are hoping to learn C++, start here first and your future C++ studies will be greatly accelerated

This book will be very helpful for those who are new to C programming and, actually, for those who have never seen a computer before. It has clear and understandable explanation of different topics and method of programming, a lot of helpful examples and hints, and interesting quizes for those who likes "Teach Yourself...". 4 months ago I bought this book to my 12 years old nephew, and I'm afraid that now he knows C better than I do.

I really learned C programming using "Waite Group's New C Primer Plus" by Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata (copyright 1990). Virtually every example in the book is a complete program that will compile and run. This is hugely important for a tutorial work. Most programming tutorials try to give you an encyclapedic review of every syntax permutation without giving you working programs you can modify and explore. I learn much quicker and more completely when I can poke stuff with a stick and to be able to do that the code examples have to actually compile and run.

Subjects in this book are presented in a natural progression from simplistic overview to a detailed examination and working programs are included at each step of the process. You get a pretty good review of all the standard C library functions that existed at the time as well. Lacking the standard C library details is the only thing Kernighan and Ritchie's brilliant tutorial "C Programming Language" is missing and this book is just as good a tutorial with the library material. "New C Primer Plus" is still the first reference book I turn to when I need to refresh my understanding of a bit of arcane C syntax. I have used my copy of this book so much over the last 20 years that it has basically fallen apart and I was forced to rebind it recently. If I ever lost this book, I would definitely buy another copy.

I think the picture I attached of my tattered and rebound copy says it all, forget the pristine signed copies, this is what a valuable book should look like. It bears it's scars with honor for they were earned in mortal combat with my ignorance. To this day, I find this book to be as comfortable as an old pair of shoes and never regret slipping into it when I need to.

This book covers all the major aspects of C programming. It takes this complex language and breaks it down in a clear and concise format. The examples given by the authors are easy to follow and humorous.