Re: A good book on C Programming?

[panda <panda@cs.ucsb.edu>]

Gavin Henry wrote:

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> Hi all,
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> During my degree, BEng (Hons) Electronics and Communications Engineering, we 
> did C programming every year, but I never kept it up, as I had no interest 
> and didn't see the point. But now I really want to get back into it as I see 
> a point with GNU/Linux. I want to get my old skills back and write something 
> or help on some projects etc.
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> I need some good books. I used to have one called "A Book On C", but sold it, 
> and I have been reading various tutorials on the web and the many devoted 
> websites. 
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> Anyone have any recommendations?
>
> One more question, should I go for C or C++? Which will benefit me more with 
> GNU/Linux?
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> Thanks for your time,
>
> Gavin.
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Hi,

I mostly program in C and if u have some background in programming I 
would definitely recommend Kernighan Ritchie.

I don't know about C++ being useful or not. I find it a bit bulky. For 
C++ I mostly use web references.

Thanks
Panda