Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 06:20:33 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To: joe <joe@lab.cba.ualr.edu> Cc: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios <grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: programming Message-ID: <19990114202034.8370.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901140829560.2195-100000@lab.cba> of Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:37:50 CST References: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901140829560.2195-100000@lab.cba>
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> > > a really good book on C programming (advanced > > > level, i already have a intermediate level about C). > > > > The only good book about C is "The C Programming Language", 2nd > > ed., B.W. Kernighan & D.M. Ritchie, Prentice Hall. > > > Another good book that you might be interested in is "Expert C > Programming" by Peter van der Linden. It discusses stuff that you > wouldn't normally find in standard texts. Sorry to keep this going, but that book (like 99.9% of other books on C) is not worth the paper it's printed on. When it first came out, I reviewed it carefully and noted dozens of errors. Van der Linden mixes bad advice in freely with the good, which makes it hard for non-experts to determine what to believe (and if the reader knows what's good and what's not then s/he doesn't need the book). Stick to Kernighan and Ritchie for C. Use system-specific and topic-specific books for programming under Unix or Windoze or using TCP/IP, etc. -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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