[ale] Searching for C exp.

[Mike Lockhart]

I'm getting into C myself, and the best books I've found have been as
follows:

Practical C Programming (O'Reilly):  Good exercises/working examples

The C Programming Language (Kernighan/Ritchie):  From what experienced C
coders have told me, its the C bible, and I'll admit its pretty intense.

The Practice of Programming (Kernighan/Pike):  Good source for good
programming techniques, regardless of language or platform.

Unix Network Programming (Stevens):  Excellent resource for programming
network apps in the linux/unix environment.  Steven's books are supposed
to be top notch, and from what i've been able to tell so far the critics
are correct.

Hope this helps.

- Mike

On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 15:50, John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> While I have over a year of professional C experience, most of that was
> spent debugging/rewriting/enhancing a very large, complex, non-standard
> application I had no part in designing.  This was also a little over three
> years ago, so my C skills are a little rusty.
> 
> Aside from a few large school projects and a few modules developed for
> that job, I have no experience in designing a (large) application in C. 
> While I have a very good understanding of most of the
> teach-yourself-in-24-days parts of C, I've never delved into the nether
> regions and never really taken part in designing/developing a professional
> quality C app.
> 
> I'd like to gain some experience in that respect, but not sure where to
> start...
> 
> What would you recommend?  Should I start by joining an os project in C
> and get involved?  I'd consider working on my own, but I'd like to learn
> the intricacies of designing in C, the tricks of the trade, the gotchas,
> common practices, etc., and I don't think a project of my own would
> provide as much insight in that way.
> 
> Any suggestions?  Anyone have any C work (volunteer)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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