Ritchie, Dennis

The C Programming Language (2nd Edition)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • So old, but so good
  • Excellent reference + programming tutorial - not however for novices!!
  • Great book a classic
  • Careful
  • THE Standard for C
 The C Programming Language (2nd Edition)
Brian W. Kernighan , Dennis Ritchie , and Dennis M. Ritchie
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
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Binding: Paperback

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Just about every C programmer I respect learned C from this book. Unlike many of the 1,000 page doorstops stuffed with CD-ROMs that have become popular, this volume is concise and powerful (if somewhat dangerous) -- like C itself. And it was written by Kernighan himself. Need we say more?

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars So old, but so good.......2007-04-26

This is an intensive bible to C. It includes not only as a reference, but a tutorial. It was made almost 30 years ago, but it is still invaluable to today's programmers. It is an absolute must for any C or C++ programmer.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent reference + programming tutorial - not however for novices!!.......2007-04-21

As somebody else said, this book is NOT for a programming beginner - its style of writing is quite terse with few or no actual illustrations (via drawings of flow-charts {or equivalent}, programming-structure, etc.) versus a lot of text to read through. To make matters worse, C (and its derivatives like C++, C#, etc.) is a very LEAN (and truly MEAN!!) programming language 'per se' - with relatively few prewritten macros, subroutines and functions, one can get frustrated very quickly! [Furthermore, C and its derivative compilers don't attempt any error-recovery of faulty compiles - the tiniest error can therefore upset matters in spite of a fundamentally worthy algorithm!]

Those who've already had previous programming experience will love this book (especially if they like 're-inventing the wheel', which lean & mean programming entails); others would do better to invest either in another book, another computer-language (my favourites in spite of their being hard to get to - especially the former! - are PL/I and Ada) and ideally both!

5 out of 5 stars Great book a classic.......2007-03-18

Anyone who programs in C needs to have this book in their library. The tutorial section is absolutely wonderful, not to mention all of the reference material. The book is quite thin, but it is also very concise making it incredibly valuable to any C programmer.

5 out of 5 stars Careful.......2007-03-06

Careful with your purchase. This is first edition. You will want the second edition if you are serious about learning C.

This will not however hamper this books ability to create a good programmer out of a novice user.

5 out of 5 stars THE Standard for C.......2007-01-09

This book is the gold standard for C programming. I have found it to be useful for both standard PC programs and embedded programming. It does not cover GUI design or other platform-specific items, but if you just want to write a parser or scientific analysis program, this has exactly the information you will need.
C Programming Language, 2nd Ed
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    		C Programming Language, 2nd Ed
    Brian W. Kernighan Dennis M. Ritchie
    Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: B000OICPC4
    Backwash: Fresno State College Literary Magazine Volume 5 Number 1, Fall 1966
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      		Backwash: Fresno State College Literary Magazine Volume 5 Number 1, Fall 1966
      Bruce Boston , Philip Levine , DeWayne Rail , Ronald LeRoy Johnson , James Baloian , Larry Levis , Gary Nickel , Dennis Saleh , Peter Everwine , and Valerie Peacock, Stanley Poss, Charles Amirkhanian, Kitt Kahl, Robert L. Jones, C.G. Hanzlicek and Bonita Ritchie Omar Salinas
      Manufacturer: Fresno State College
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Pamphlet
      ASIN: B000OUX9HW

      Product Description

      Includes a poem by Boston and Levine's "Animals Are Passing from Our Lives".
      C Programming Language, Digital Equipment Corporation Edition
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        		C Programming Language, Digital Equipment Corporation Edition
        Brian W. Kernighan , and Dennis M. Ritchie
        Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback
        ASIN: 0131099507
        Biography - Ritchie, Dennis (1941-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online
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          		Biography - Ritchie, Dennis (1941-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online
          --Sketch by Patrick Moore
          Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Digital
          ASIN: B0007SHNC8
          Release Date: 2007-06-13

          Book Description

          Word count: 1766.
          Das C - Lösungsbuch zu ' Programmieren in C'. Ansi C. (2. A.).
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            		Das C - Lösungsbuch zu ' Programmieren in C'. Ansi C. (2. A.).
            Clovis L. Tondo , Scott E. Gimpel , Brian W. Kernighan , and Dennis M. Ritchie
            Manufacturer: Hanser Fachbuch
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback
            ASIN: 3446159460
            Programmieren in C. ANSI C (2. A.). Mit dem C- Reference Manual.
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              		Programmieren in C. ANSI C (2. A.). Mit dem C- Reference Manual.
              Brian W. Kernighan , and Dennis M. Ritchie
              Manufacturer: Hanser Fachbuch
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: 3446154973
              File report / Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey, Division of Archeology
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                		File report / Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey, Division of Archeology
                Dennis C Curry
                Manufacturer: Dept. of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey, Division of Archeology
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Unknown Binding

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                The C Programming Language - Second Edition
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                  		The C Programming Language - Second Edition
                  Brian and dennis Ritchie Kernighan
                  Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Paperback
                  ASIN: B000KT13CK
                  The C Programming Language
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                    		The C Programming Language
                    Dennis M. Ritchie Brian W Kernighan
                    Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Paperback
                    ASIN: B000OIAMYC

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