I'm a computer programmer and I'm experienced with syntax and such. I was just wondering what a good book on C would be. One that doesn't have exercies. A book that just gives the rules of the language. I've read the Deitel & Deitel book C How to Program third edition, and it just overwhelms me with common programming mistakes and good programming practice. I just want a book that doesn't give me tips, mistakes, exercises. One that just gets straight to the point.

I'm a computer programmer and I'm experienced with syntax and such. I was just wondering what a good book on C would be. One that doesn't have exercies. A book that just gives the rules of the language. I've read the Deitel & Deitel book C How to Program third edition, and it just overwhelms me with common programming mistakes and good programming practice. I just want a book that doesn't give me tips, mistakes, exercises. One that just gets straight to the point. The C Programming Language , 2nd edition, Kernighan and Ritchie, 1988. Published by Prentice-Hall. Also consider getting hold of a copy of ISO/IEC 9899:1999, which defines the C language.

I'm a computer programmer and I'm experienced with syntax and such. I was just wondering what a good book on C would be. One that doesn't have exercies. A book that just gives the rules of the language. I've read the Deitel & Deitel book C How to Program third edition, and it just overwhelms me with common programming mistakes and good programming practice. I just want a book that doesn't give me tips, mistakes, exercises. One that just gets straight to the point. The C Programming Language , 2nd edition, Kernighan and Ritchie, 1988. Published by Prentice-Hall. Also consider getting hold of a copy of ISO/IEC 9899:1999, which defines the C language. If you just want an excellent C reference, you should get Harbison & Steele's C: A Reference Manual , also from Prentice-Hall.  I wouldn't bother with K&R. - C

I'm a computer programmer and I'm experienced with syntax and such. I was just wondering what a good book on C would be. One that doesn't have exercies. A book that just gives the rules of the language. I've read the Deitel & Deitel book C How to Program third edition, and it just overwhelms me with common programming mistakes and good programming practice. I just want a book that doesn't give me tips, mistakes, exercises. One that just gets straight to the point. The C Programming Language , 2nd edition, Kernighan and Ritchie, 1988. Published by Prentice-Hall. Also consider getting hold of a copy of ISO/IEC 9899:1999, which defines the C language. If you just want an excellent C reference, you should get Harbison & Steele's C: A Reference Manual , also from Prentice-Hall.  I wouldn't bother with K&R. That depends on how confident he wants to be that the information he reads is accurate. H&S is an excellent reference book, *but* it is somewhat marred by the occasional error. (People in comp.lang.c may recall specific instances.) K&R has so few bugs it's positively scary.

hi,  u could read Herbert Schildt's C the complete reference alsp another good book is turbo C : the complete refernce by the same author. Troll, hopefully. C TCR: http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/reviews/c/c002173.htm http://herd.plethora.net/~seebs/c/c_tcr.html Turbo C/C++ TCR: http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/reviews/u/u001316.htm Look at the ratings on this review site for Herbert Schildt.  This is one of the better review sites on the net.  Actually, I should rather say it is the best one.