[NTLUG:Discuss] C book recommendation?

[Eric Waguespack]

I have been using perl as a hobby for a couple of years, a little
python, enough java realize I don't like it, way before that... pascal
:)

>From the list below I would pick 4 probably....

>Unix system programming (pipes, fork, sockets)

I suppose the motivation is to make some cvs commits to some
open-source projects, or potentially start my own.

I realize that some are of the opinion that C should be reserved for
kernel programming, device drivers, and other low level stuff, but I
feel that I really should know C if I am ever to become a serious
programmer.

-Eric

On 9/27/06, Wayne Walker <wwalker at bybent.com> wrote:
> What languages, if any, do you already program in?
>
> What type of development are you planning to do?
>         GUI
>         Database
>         Scientific number crunching
>         Unix system programming (pipes, fork, sockets)
>         Just enough C to build things that fail to build from source
>         ...
>
> Do you plan to move to C++?
>
> Wayne
>
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:54:05AM -0500, Eric Waguespack wrote:
> > I would like to learn C... is this a good book to start with?
> >
> > The C Programming Language: ANSI C Version, 2nd Edition
> > by Kernighan, Brian W. / Ritchie, Dennis
> > http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=0131103628
> >
> > Sorry if this seems off topic, but I posed the question here because I
> > specifically want a book that will help me learn C as it pertains to
> > Linux.
> >
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