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Re: FIRST Programming Tutorial

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Originally Posted by IMDWalrus
If you can get it, the book "The C Programming Language" is quite possibly the single best resource out there. It was written by the two men who created the language, and it seems to be very comprehensive.
Yes, Kernighan & Ritchie (seasoned programmers just call it "K and R") is the reference for the language, but just as you wouldn't want to learn to speak French using a French dictionary, I wouldn't bother trying to learn C with this book because it's more of a C dictionary. If you buy this book (and you should if you're serious about learning C), make sure you get the second edition, which covers ANSI standard C.

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