How's about Expert C Programming-Deep C Secrets

[Ding Wei]

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming language?

[Michael B Allen]

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 02:57:43 -0400, Ding Wei wrote:

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming
language?

Not that great. Try _The Standard C Library_ by P.J. Plauger maybe.

Mike

[osmium]

Ding Wei writes:

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming language?

Definitely. It is my favorite book on "advanced" C. It also is an
interesting read as a source of stuff you don't really need to know -
history and the like.

[Ben Fitzgerald]

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:57:43 +0800, Ding Wei <di*****@handsome.com.cn> wrote:

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming language?

I'm just nearing my second read of it as I'm learning C. It's been good, and
I've learnt quite a bit (as the OP said, not just about C but also it's
precursors).

Slight whine: sometimes I wish it was more intense like K&R rather than
rambling but this does make it easier to read.

I intend to read a load of C books...and I enjoyed this one.

--
Ben Fitzgerald
London, UK

[Zoran Cutura]

Michael B Allen <mb*****@ioplex.com> wrote:

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 02:57:43 -0400, Ding Wei wrote:

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming
language?

Not that great. Try _The Standard C Library_ by P.J. Plauger maybe.

Actually I find this book worth reading if its only for the fun, it is
written in a way that made me read it completely in less than 3 days and
also gave me a lot of insight into how certain things are working not
only in C but in computer science. I'ld definitly put this book on a very
high position in a C book hitparade.

Yet a reader should understand that the author is sometimes talking kind
of platform specific and this may not always be obivous.
--
Z (Zo**********@daimlerchrysler.com)
"LISP is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience
you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you
a better programmer for the rest of your days." -- Eric S. Raymond

[Dan Pop]

In <u6***********@handsome.com.cn> Ding Wei <di*****@handsome.com.cn> writes:

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming language?

If you have mastered K&R2, this book won't provide much enlightenment,
but it's fun to read and contains a lot of trivia information that's not
easy to find in other book.

Dan
--
Dan Pop
DESY Zeuthen, RZ group
Email: Da*****@ifh.de

[Steve Zimmerman]

Dan Pop wrote:

In <u6***********@handsome.com.cn> Ding Wei <di*****@handsome.com.cn> writes:

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming language?

If you have mastered K&R2, this book won't provide much enlightenment,
but it's fun to read and contains a lot of trivia information that's not
easy to find in other book.

Dan

I recommend _Linux Core Kernel Commentary_ for an advanced study of C.
Even better: Get the Linux kernel source code on your computer and
then go through it with the book _Linux Kernel Programming_.

[Micah Cowan]

Steve Zimmerman <st******@sonic.net> writes:

Dan Pop wrote:

In <u6***********@handsome.com.cn> Ding Wei <di*****@handsome.com.cn> writes:

Is this book worth buying for my deep study of the C programming language?

If you have mastered K&R2, this book won't provide much
enlightenment,
but it's fun to read and contains a lot of trivia information that's not
easy to find in other book.
Dan

I recommend _Linux Core Kernel Commentary_ for an advanced study of C.
Even better: Get the Linux kernel source code on your computer and
then go through it with the book _Linux Kernel Programming_.

That's an absolutely lousy way of learning C. It would be a terrific
way of learning gcc for various platforms, though.

The Linux source code makes heavy use of gcc-specific extensions. They
don't have to bother with standard C, because they know they are
targeted for only one specific C implementation, so they can do
whatever the hell they want to. That makes it great study for
advanced GNU-centric C (hence, still a good recommendation if that's
what you want to learn), but a lousy study for advanced C in general.

My $0.02,
-Micah

[Liu Jin]

Micah Cowan <mi***@cowan.name> wrote in message news:<m3************@localhost.localdomain>...

Steve Zimmerman <st******@sonic.net> writes:

I recommend _Linux Core Kernel Commentary_ for an advanced study of C.
Even better: Get the Linux kernel source code on your computer and
then go through it with the book _Linux Kernel Programming_.

That's an absolutely lousy way of learning C. It would be a terrific
way of learning gcc for various platforms, though.

The Linux source code makes heavy use of gcc-specific extensions. They
don't have to bother with standard C, because they know they are
targeted for only one specific C implementation, so they can do
whatever the hell they want to. That makes it great study for
advanced GNU-centric C (hence, still a good recommendation if that's
what you want to learn), but a lousy study for advanced C in general.

My $0.02,
-Micah

The linux source code involves many good tricks,you may get many good
ideas from it, but it's not a good source for learning ansi c.