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Title: C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele ISBN: 0-13-089592-X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 21 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The only C reference a serious programmer needs.
Comment: The definitive C reference. The only C book I use (and I use it plenty.) Much superior to Kernighan and Ritchie's book.
Concise, well-written, well organized, good index. Don't let the small size of the book fool you--I've never had a question yet that it didn't answer.
Covers both ANSI C and K&R (old) C and describes the differences between them. Also gives function prototypes and descriptions for the C standard library routines.
This is a reference manual which is targeted to experienced programmers. If you already know several programming languages and you want to learn C, this book will work fine. If you're a beginning programmer, you should buy a C tutorial book first and buy this book later.
Rating: 5
Summary: hands down, the best c reference manual
Comment: this text will not teach you c. in fact, you need to be familiar with fundamental coding practices and theory before taking on this book. this book is exactly what its name implies, and that is a reference manual. it is hands down the best reference manual on c out there. if you need to understand a particular aspect of the c language (but not how to code) this book *will* help you. if i can't find what i'm looking for in the man page i turn to my trusty c:arm. the reference is clear, concise, and perhaps even terse. it is not bogged down by inadequate flowery language or contrived examples. the reference topics include lexicon, the preprocessor, declarations, types, conversions, expressions, statements, functions, and the standard c libraries. the reference topics for the standard libraries include language additions, character and string processing, memory, i/o, storage, mathematic, time and date, control, and other miscellaneous functions. do not leave your cubicle w/o this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A reference + more
Comment: My friend borrowed this book from me about two weeks ago and won't give it back, I have since turned to my left side over 20 times looking for it to no avail (serious). If I was to describe this book in one word it would be "Clean", everything in this book is just beautiful, from the ease of use, to the technical details, to even it's fonts and thickness of the pages, everything is so clean and precise that the book makes you want to read it and perhaps even keep it on a pillow next to you at night (but enough about my sheltered life).
One thing that I did not expect before receiving this book was the amazing language overview that comes with the book, they could have sold the book with just that part and it would have still been great. The overview goes into great detail and is really good at pointing out things that other C books miss and the fact that the author is well versed on all the features of the latest C99 Standard adds even more to the wealth of information. My favorite part of the book is the part on the C Pre-processor, which had a great deal of information that I was not previously aware of.
Apart from that, there is the reference side which has all the detail you could ever want in a standard library reference book, all in a very simple to search format (Oh yeah and I should mention, the index kicks ....).
So long story short, if you want a single book that you can turn to for 99.9% of your standard C problems, divorce your wife and give that spot in your bed to "C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition)"... or 6th if it's out by the time you read this review.
ps. If your looking for this book in a bookstore make sure the lady types in "C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition)" and not "See: A Reference Manual (5th Edition)", long story, I'll tell you another time.
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Title: C Programming Language (2nd Edition) by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, Dennis M. Ritchie ISBN: 0131103628 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 22 March, 1988 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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Title: C Traps and Pitfalls by Andrew Koenig ISBN: 0201179288 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1989 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Standard C Library, The by P. J. Plauger ISBN: 0131315099 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $53.00 |
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Title: Expert C Programming by Peter van der Linden ISBN: 0131774298 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 14 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $42.99 |
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Title: C Interfaces and Implementations : Techniques for Creating Reusable Software by David R. Hanson ISBN: 0201498413 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 20 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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