Dean Sullinger <DSullinger@dot.state.az.us> writes:
> One last item on this and I won't bring it up here again.
>
> I am no expert on C, most of the C apps I have written were no longer than
> 30 or 40 lines of code and all in ANSI C. Does anyone have a suggestion on
> a good C book... Not C++, but just C, especially if it center on Solaris.
> Most books I have checked into are for Microsoft C++ or just plain C++, it
> seams to be hard to find a book center on just C.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dean
Kernigan's book is the standard by which all are compared:
http://www.bookpool.com/.x/axypsp6jd6/sm/0131103628
For unix books, it's really hard to go wrong with O'Reilly. They have
a title Practical C Programming that is very popular:
http://www.bookpool.com/.x/axypsp6jd6/sm/1565923065
Deitel and Deitel's books are excellent. I have their C++ book and it
was the best of the three I had--extremely clear and easy to read
(unlike Stroustrup's book which is, IMO, for the pointiest of pointy
heads). Deitel and Deitel's C book contains a bit of C++ and Java, but
I hope that doesn't discount it from the running:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130895725/deitelassociatin
I have a old book called "C by dissection" that was very clear:
http://www.bookpool.com/.x/axypsposd0/ss/1?qs=c+by+dissection
For issues outside the scope of th language, if you're developing
anything on Unix, I've found O'Reilley's book on "Developing Software
using GNU" indispensible as well. It talks about the GNU suite of
debuggers, C compiler options, makefiles, the gorgeous integration of
all these embodied in the Emacs editor as an integrated development
environment makes this an essential book for anyone in the unix
programming environment. This was indispensible to me:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prognu/
Best Regards,
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