Reviews for Practical C Programming, Third Edition

The average rating for Practical C Programming, Third Edition based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-09-10 00:00:00 Jacky Pearson I don't quite like this as much as KR's classic, but it's a great book with a good definition of how pointers work and how to use them, along with the pitfalls and problems you should avoid.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-01 00:00:00 Bobby Hull This is a beginner C book and unfortunately, not a very good one. It was written in 1997 and it does not age well. I learned C in high school and while I have never used it professionally, I did not learn anything from the book. The style was nice most of the time, but occasionally spoke too much about cursing and killing people, two things strangely associated with C programming. Very early the book reinforces the Waterfall approach to software development, which costs at least one star in my judgement. It might be an OK book if you are (not completely) new to programming and want to learn C, but I guess there are better ones.