Reviews for The C Programming Language (2nd Edition)

1. Good book - but not suitable for beginners.

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 2010

   This is often cited as 'the' C book, and while it is a good book, it's more of a language reference explaining the features and syntax of the C language. Most of the material is very abstract and will be of little use to many beginners or those new to C. It's not going to teach you how to program, and it's certainly not going to teach you any 'real world' projects.
   
   I wouldn't recommend this book as primary learning material for anyone starting out with C or programming, however it would certainly compliment other more relevant and practical learning material.

2. Really great book

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, January 12th, 2010

   This book is a great start to C. It outlines parts of the language and makes sure that it's done step by step, not getting too complex before it has to.

3. The Bible!

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, January 12rd, 2010

   First, this book is not for beginners!
   
   This book is for programmers who want to learn C. Even then the book makes an assumption that you can read optimised, legacy code. In other words, be ready for a lot of shortcuts and lots of code brevity.
   
   I have used this book to learn C in under a fortnight. It's straight to the point, no messing about and about as good as a programming book can be.
   
   It really is one of the best books i have read on programming and will be used for many years!

4. ANSI C

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2009

   It is more of a dictionary with examples, than an instruction book. If you are studying software laguage(s), then it is clinically precise and invaluable reference. It is not written to be user-friendly to the novice, so if you are a beginner, do not choose this book.

5. Perfect in every way.

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2009

   I recently purchased this book mostly as all the hard core C programmers I know talk about this book as some form of holy bible, and after reading it I can see why.
   
   This book is mostly formatted to writing code on the Unix family of operating systems and I felt right at home reading this book as I am predominately a Unix admin and this book was purchased to help me contribute code back to the OS's I use on a daily basis.
   
   If you want to learn C this is the book for you, or if you want to own a bit of programming history buy this book.