Reviews for Illustrating C (Ansi/Iso Version)

1. The best introduction to programming I've seen

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, February 12th, 2002

   My introduction to programming was Donald Alcock's 'Illustrating Basic' so when I had the need to learn C I didn't hesitate to buy this book. As with all of the 'Illustrating ...' books, Alcock uses a handwritten style along with hand-drawn illustrations all of which lend the book a very friendly, accessible nature.

   However, it is the combination of being a very easy read along with the remarkable clarity of the explanations which really makes the book so invaluable. Relatively complex ideas such as arrays and pointers (and pointers to pointers!) are explained in an extremely clear and understandable manner.

   Finally, in keeping with the extreme readability of the book, Alcock uses examples throughout which both illustrate the point under consideration but which are interesting and useful without resorting to programming cliché, e.g. he uses the state table example to build a Roman numeral-> decimal converter.

   I heartily recommend this book to people who want to learn C but have no previous experience of it.