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recommended book (or other resource)

After reading K&R, is there any other good source for learning how to
write good C programs? I've heard a reference to one other
highly-recommended book, but I forget what it was.

C++ has all those excellent Effective C++ and Exceptional C++ books,
does C have anything similar?

Thanks!
Joe (spoiled by high level languages)
Apr 14 '06 #1
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"Joe Van Dyk" writes:
After reading K&R, is there any other good source for learning how to
write good C programs? I've heard a reference to one other
highly-recommended book, but I forget what it was.


I would choose _Expert C Programming_ by Peter van der Linden as a second
bok on C, after K&R.
Apr 14 '06 #2
Expert C Programming
and
C Traps and Pitfalls

Apr 14 '06 #3
Joe Van Dyk wrote:
After reading K&R, is there any other good source for learning how to
write good C programs? I've heard a reference to one other
highly-recommended book, but I forget what it was.

C++ has all those excellent Effective C++ and Exceptional C++ books,
does C have anything similar?

Thanks!
Joe (spoiled by high level languages)


I found the following to be very useful

"Visual Quickstart Guide, C Programming" by Larry Ullman & Marc Liyanage;
Peachpit Press; 2005

Alan

Apr 14 '06 #4
Joe Van Dyk <jo********@boeing.com> writes:
After reading K&R, is there any other good source for learning how to
write good C programs? I've heard a reference to one other
highly-recommended book, but I forget what it was.


As silly as it might sound, the book I learned the most from about C
was deceptively titled "Writing Bug Free C Code For Windows". It was
great at showing an 'object' oriented C approach to development as
well as explaining details about the language and preprocessor that
made development of larger programs quite a bit easier.

--
burton samograd kruhft .at. gmail
kruhft.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/kruhft metashell.blogspot.com
Apr 14 '06 #5
osmium wrote:
"Joe Van Dyk" writes:

After reading K&R, is there any other good source for learning how to
write good C programs? I've heard a reference to one other
highly-recommended book, but I forget what it was.

I would choose _Expert C Programming_ by Peter van der Linden as a second
bok on C, after K&R.


Ah yes, that was the one. Thanks!

Joe
Apr 14 '06 #6

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