books for Intermediate standard C
Robert E Wightman
use and am looking for a good book that leads on from K&R2. The two
books below caught my eye whilst looking through Amazons' listings.
Advanced C. Structured Programming by John Ogilvie
Data Structures and Program Design Using C by Robert Kruse
Looking at the bibliography in the FAQ I thought that these were worth
considering.
C Traps and Pitfalls by Andrew Koenig
Algorithms in C by Robert Sedgewick
Any thoughts on these or other suggestions. I'm not looking for anything
too specialised. I.e. Nothing along the lines of *serial comms in C* or
some such.
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Bob Wightman
James Hu
<b...@pattinson.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Having received lots of book tokens for Xmas, I wish to put them to
>good use and am looking for a good book that leads on from K&R2.
The book length version of the C-faq list is highly recommended.
Steve, what's the title? "The C Programming FAQs", I believe, by
Steve Summit. It's quite a good companion to K&R2, actually.
> Advanced C. Structured Programming by John Ogilvie
> Data Structures and Program Design Using C by Robert Kruse
I don't know either of these books, but the title of the second book
seems more appealing to me than the first. :-)
>Looking at the bibliography in the FAQ I thought that these were worth
>considering.
>
> C Traps and Pitfalls by Andrew Koenig
> Algorithms in C by Robert Sedgewick
Both of these are fine books.
>Any thoughts on these or other suggestions. I'm not looking for anything
>too specialised. I.e. Nothing along the lines of *serial comms in C* or
>some such.
You might consider purchasing books of a more general nature, such as
Knuth's TAOCP series, or "Design Patterns" by Gamma, Helm, Johnson and
Vlissides. Another potential good read would be Allen Holub's
"Compiler Design in C" or Fraser and Hanson's "A Retargetable C
Compiler: Design and Implementation".
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Will Rose
: Having received lots of book tokens for Xmas, I wish to put them to good
: books below caught my eye whilst looking through Amazons' listings.
: Advanced C. Structured Programming by John Ogilvie
: Data Structures and Program Design Using C by Robert Kruse
: Looking at the bibliography in the FAQ I thought that these were worth
: considering.
: C Traps and Pitfalls by Andrew Koenig
: Algorithms in C by Robert Sedgewick
: Any thoughts on these or other suggestions. I'm not looking for anything
: too specialised. I.e. Nothing along the lines of *serial comms in C* or
: some such.
Koenig and Sedgewick are both good; I don't know the others. The
second book you buy on C is probably Harbison and Steele, since it's
an invaluable reference. The third is the hardcopy C FAQ; after that
you are on your own.
Robert E Wightman
writes
>Robert E Wightman (b...@pattinson.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: Having received lots of book tokens for Xmas, I wish to put them to good
>: use and am looking for a good book that leads on from K&R2. The two
>: books below caught my eye whilst looking through Amazons' listings.
>
>: Advanced C. Structured Programming by John Ogilvie
>
>: Data Structures and Program Design Using C by Robert Kruse
>
>: Looking at the bibliography in the FAQ I thought that these were worth
>: considering.
>
>: C Traps and Pitfalls by Andrew Koenig
>
>: Algorithms in C by Robert Sedgewick
>
>: Any thoughts on these or other suggestions. I'm not looking for anything
>: too specialised. I.e. Nothing along the lines of *serial comms in C* or
>: some such.
>
>Koenig and Sedgewick are both good; I don't know the others. The
>second book you buy on C is probably Harbison and Steele, since it's
here and in the on-line FAQ.
>an invaluable reference. The third is the hardcopy C FAQ; after that
edition when C9X is ratified and so I've held back on buying it.
>you are on your own.
Thanks.
Will Rose
That may be a while - and the book isn't that expensive.