C How to Program, 2nd Edition 2nd Edition

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The two volumes contained in this slipcase approach Tolkien's life from two different angles and provide an analysis of his work within the context of his life. The first volume includes brief but comprehensive introductions and notes on a wide range of topics and points the way, through discussion and bibliographies, to further reading. It includes a chronology and a Tolkien who's who, plus information on: Tolkien's sources; political and social events through which Tolkien lived; the importance of poetry in Tolkien's work; his special interests such as astronomy, botany and calligraphy; the breadth of his reading; the importance of clubs and groups in his social life; his religion; his service in the 1914-18 war; his tendency to rewrite; his interest in every aspect of his books (covers, illustrations, lettering); elements frequently found in his works - dragons, trees, etcetera; and the Tolkien cult and fan mail.

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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.

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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.

Textbook Binding: 926 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (January 13, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0132261197
ISBN-13: 978-0132261197
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1.5 x 9.2 inches
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GearHead

No mountains, just a very good book

April 29, 2018

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After despairing of ever finding a good book on C++, I bought this one based on the advice of a work colleague, and I'm glad I followed her advice!

C++ How to Program is a well-written C++ textbook designed for use in college undergraduate computer science classes. It includes all the information you'd need regarding computers, programming languages, and C++. At the end of each chapter is a summary of the concepts covered, and a set of self-text exercises. This book is not only a good reference, it's a good instructional source. It's by far the best book on C or C++ that I've ever read (and that includes Kernighan and Ritchie).

If you're looking for a book on C++, buy this one and *not* the popular one with the mountains on the cover.

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K. Paul Cook

Learn C++ the right way.

April 14, 2018

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Over 20 years ago I taught myself C++ (big mistake). Later I moved into management. Now I am going back to school to get a M.S. in Computer Science. C++ is heavily in the program because of it so versatile, powerful and comprehensive. This time around I am getting proper instruction by taking a university course. The course text is this book. This book is the best technical textbook I have ever read. Not only do you learn the language but object-oriented design and some UML.

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Mallory S.

Great intro to programming and C++

November 6, 2014

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What is the deal with these other people leaving reviews about how well the book was packaged or shipped? Yikes.

Disclaimer: I haven't finished the book yet, I'm through 7 chapters. I figured I'd leave this review while I remembered to do so.

Prior to this book I had next to 0 programming experience. The book does a great job of guiding the reader through the basics. The book typically gives an explanation, shows a very simple example, adds a few layers of information, shows a slightly more complex example, and continues this through the chapter. The chapters are divided up into good chunks of information. Chapter 5 on functions probably should have been subdivided, it felt like it dragged on and on and contained obnoxiously large amounts of information. For the most part the book doesn't assume you know too much, and gives plenty of background information before diving in. There have been a few times where I felt like it came up short in certain areas and didn't give a fair explanation prior, but these are few and far between.

One of my favorite things about this book are the examples at the end of the chapter. They start out simple and get more challenging, and there are an abundant amount of examples. If you purchased a new book you get an access code which provides additional resources online, including the sample code throughout the chapter for you to easily compile and play with as well as answers to certain problems at the end of the chapter. Here's where one of my biggest problems with the book comes. The online resources provided with a new book only contain answers to the end-of-chapter problems for chapters 1, 2, and then 10+. What in the hell happened to solutions for chapters 3 through 9? Here's why the book gets 4 stars. In my opinion chapters 2 through 8 are the meat and potatoes of the book. Selection(if, if...else), sequence and repetition(loops) are covered in these chapters. Functions (and prototypes) are covered in these chapters. These are the basic building blocks and extremely important. So I've spent a ton of time working through the end-of-chapter problems and it sucks that the solutions for chapters 3 through 9 aren't there. In some cases I'm stumped by the problem, in other cases I've come to a solution and I'd like to compare my methodology (a new programmer) to theirs (an experienced programmer).

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RickSanchez-DopeTechRevuKru

Informative

July 22, 2017

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Needed this textbook for a C programming class. The book does a good job of providing code examples, and introducing programming concepts and syntax. It also introduces many common programming mistakes and coding best practices I wish they included an appendix with code solutions to help with some of the more difficult exercises. Also some of the end of chapter exercises are worded somewhat vaguely

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illiandantic

Very Good Book on C (Emphasis on Beginners)

February 3, 2005

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This book is used in FSU's CGS 3408 course: "Introduction to Programming with the C Language." In the preface, the Deitels state that this book is for everyone (beginners to experts) who want to learn C. They've made a very good stab at that goal, but realistically, I'd have to say that those who are professional programmers in other languages will find this book too long for their needs. For beginners (and even those moderately versed in other languages), this is an excellent book. I really have only three minor gripes about it:

- First, throughout the C portion, the book uses scanf as the default for getting user input. Unfortunately, as my compiler warned me constantly (and I verified on the web), scanf has been "deprecated" (I guess that's a fancy way to say don't use it, use something else). Unfortunately, the book talks about alternative IO in only one chapter near the end of the C portion and very rarely uses it. So, this book teaches as a standard an input method that's been superseded.

- Second, and related to the first, the book clumps all IO except for printf and scanf into a single chapter near the end. It would have been a lot better if they had introduced alternative IO a little at a time throughout the book. As it is, my eyes just glazed over when I hit that chapter.

- And, finally, though this might sound weird, there are too many exercises at the end of each chapter. I read through this book on my own and so had no way of choosing which exercises to do. Some of the chapters have over 40 programming exercises. I suppose this is great at a college where the instructors can select different exercises for years without repeating. But, as an individual, I'd have preferred a handful of in-depth exercises focusing on the chapter material instead of a huge number of varied exercises (some of which don't seem to have much bearing on the chapter).

One note about the content of this book: most of it (over half) is dedicated to C. It covers C in detail. The remaining half is equally divided between C++ and Java. The level of detail in those chapters (and the exercises, too) comes nowhere near that in the C portion. If you're interested in C++ or Java, those chunks in this book are good, but you'll really need to read dedicated books to get the full treatment.

Overall, a very good book. Experienced programmers might prefer something more terse, but all others will be pleased. I give it 4 stars out of 5.

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Bruce

with useless code. There something in the book is different ...

April 19, 2018

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Don’t buy this book. My professor told me this is Illegal ! This is a copy book, with useless code. There something in the book is different from the “real” one. :( SAD

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