C, The Complete Reference

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• gte525u · Oct 8, 2022 · Recommends

  C the complete reference - it's part tutorial, part reference, part project book. At the end, there is project where it walks you though making a mini-c interpreter. That project is very approachable and to be honest - that…

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• ceekays · Jan 23, 2014 · Mentions

  …because it is of less significance to me [3] "If there is still a high priesthood among programmers, it must be those few who know how to do this [i.e. develop a programming language]." - (Herbert Schildt, C - The Complete Reference). I think there is a big difference between the language and the creator. We may not like all languages (because of our personal preferences) but we need to respect the creators because just to create…

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• mcguire · Sep 12, 2023 · Critical

  I learned C from Schildt's C, The Complete Reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C,_The_Complete_Reference) that didn't either mention that it was Windows specific or that there were other options. :-(

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• kazinator · Jan 20, 2024 · Critical

  …you ignored Schildt's annotations, and just used it to get the text of the standard (or most of it). Review of the above book by Clive Feather: https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html Of Schildt's C: The Complete Reference, by Peter Seebach: https://www.seebs.net/c/c_tcn4e.html

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• drow_away_acc · Apr 9, 2023 · Mentions

  …my plan: WEEK 1 : python How : I intend to follow a book titled "Learn Python 3 the hard way" WEEK 2 : numPy, sciPy, pandas, scikit learn, How : Not sure WEEK 3 : C How : Follow "C, the complete reference, 4th ed" WEEK 4 : Data structures and Algorithms How : Not sure WEEK 4,5,6 : ? Other projects I want to do - Start a personal website/blog. Static site generators such as HUGO or ZOLO…

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• stralep · May 12, 2010 · Critical

  His "C: The Complete Reference" textbook? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1339884 :)

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• trilinearnz · Mar 19, 2020 · Mentions

  …Patterns, The C Programming Language. Tomes which are definitive and timeless. I also have a few for purely nostalgic value, representative of key moments in my past. Notably: the OpenGL Red Book and C++ The Complete Reference.

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• tracker1 · May 12, 2020 · Mentions

  I used "C# The Complete Reference" with the command line compilers to learn it in the later beta and through the 2002 release. No IDE, just a windows desktop. I think VS Community started in 2015... there was also a SharpDevelop and…

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• nuxi · Dec 23, 2010 · Critical

  His book "C - The complete reference" was so bad the term "bullschildt" was coined. http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bullschildt.html

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