I'm a professional programmer. I bought this book to refresh myself on the C language. I spent 3 years coding in C but haven't coded pure C since 1989. I coded in C++ from 1989 to 2005. I've spent the last 17 years in various high-level back-end technologies. I'm interested in doing some embedded programming using microcontrollers, so I wanted to refresh myself in C.
I'm halfway through this book and it has been a great refresher for me.
I agree with other reviewers. This book is targeted at people who already know how to code and are familiar with low-level and systems programming concepts. This is not a book for people who are new to programming.
Side-note: I'm planning to check out Zig once I've gotten comfortable with C for microcontrollers.
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This is NOT for first timers wanting to learn c. Watch a tutorial on it and practice it for a little. This will use jargon quite a bit and is more for beginners who know a little, but want to grow. Also, the spine on my book came undone, but it's still together. That all being said, the information in this is AMAZING!
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Your best 2nd book about C
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