C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition

I am enrolled in a College "C" Programming class. This book is the text for the class. The college bookstore did not order the text due to some bureaucratic snafu, could not say when they would have the text and told me the price would $118.00.In one of the first meetings of the class someone mentioned the book was/is available on Amazon. I checked Amazon and sure enough I could have the book in time for the next class meeting with 2nd day shipping. The real bonus was that including the purchase price of the book and 2nd day shipping I saved over $20.00 compared to waiting and buying the book, if and when it ever came in, at the college bookstore.As for the book it is well written and easy to understand. The author includes special notes defining the differences between "C89" and "C99". The book also explains how to obtain the GNU Bloodshed C++ integrated devlopment environment and compiler. The GNU project software downloads are all free including license to distribute. The book also includes multiple other web resources. The layout and progression of the book from basic to advanced topics is logical and concise (without being cryptic).The individual teaching this class is a PhD and the one who chose this text. I highly recommend this book for any one involved in teaching and/or learning the most current "C" programming language. It is a superior treatise on "C" programming.Donald R. Register IIC Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition

I was using Zed Shaw's Learn C The Hard Way and realized that the hard way doesn't build up a good foundation of knowledge. I needed something that I can use to learn some basic aspects of the C language and this does the job. Not only is it well written and approachable, there are numerous end of chapter exercises that allow you to implement chapter specific techniques. I respect Zed's approach, but sometimes things need to taken out of context of the bigger picture to appreciate the constructs.Later on in the book, KN King tackles on some C standard library specifics header by header. I appreciate how I can quickly figure out what each function of the standard library does after reading the back of the book reference. The chapter on the C Preprocessor has allowed me to make some pretty cool macros and understand how they all unwind. In addition, good practices are also mentioned, although not as frequent as in Zed Shaw's book. All in all KN King really does elucidate the language with this book.

This the second time that I've bought this book. I read the first one but lost it, so I decided to buy it again just because this book is too good.C was the first programming language that I've learned, and I am so happy that when I learned it I chose this book as my guidance. I've read this book for at least 5 times, and every time I read it, I was attracted by the wisdom that the author has in illustrating the C programming language. I think that I am pretty familiar with C with simply reading this book, as the author was such an expert in C and he would teach you how to communicate with the compiler(s). It was also this book that inspired me to master the syntax and grammar of a programming language before using it as a developer tool.Good luck to any of you who just started programing.

I am a novice C programmer. I've taken half a dozen courses on different languages. I've taken several courses on C. This book has great content and covers the right topics. The exercises are mostly understandable but, some I couldn't figure out what the problem was looking for. About 1/3 of the answers to the exercises are available at the provided URL at the beginning of the book. The answers to programming projects however are not available. To make matters worse, the projects ask that you modify programs that you don't have access to. To complete the problem, you have to retype in several pages of code. This is nuts! I emailed the author and he didn't reply for the rest of the answers. Lastly, whatever ink they used to print the book smells which is a bit distracting when reading it for hours. Overall, glad I purchased this book because I'm learning.

I am a first-year comp sci student (although I have a degree in an unrelated field) who was due to start an algorithm/problem solving class that would be focused on C. Although the class had no assigned textbook, I figured if I'm going to be using C, I'd better learn what I'm doing. I had tried previously to learn C with K&R, but I didn't make much progress. Too many of the programming practice problems given in K&R were frankly just too difficult for a beginner who is self-teaching. I decided to pick up another textbook. After extensive research, King's book seemed to be one of the most consistently and highly recommended.I started working through King's book a couple weeks before the class started to try and keep ahead of the class material. I can't say enough good things about this textbook. It is thorough but clear, and includes plenty of code examples to learn from. The programming exercises are just challenging enough to push you a bit beyond your comfort zone without feeling impossible, and there are many interesting problems to pick and choose from. There's enough material so that you can find many common standard library functions or core C concepts referenced over and over throughout the book. This really helps to see how the guts of C work in different contexts. The writing style is pleasant. King manages to keep what most would consider a very dry subject entertaining and fun, without losing any of the rigor you'd expect from a textbook. That's quite an achievement.Thanks partially to this book I finished the class with a perfect 100% score.