A First Book of ANSI C, Third Edition

A First Book of ANSI C, Third Edition

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Author: Gary J. Bronson
Publisher: Course Technology
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 6 reviews
Sales Rank: 745376

Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 768
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2

ISBN: 0534379648
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780534379643
ASIN: 0534379648

Publication Date: August 30, 2000
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The Third Edition of Gary Bronson's popular text implements the ANSI C standard in all discussion and example programs. An early emphasis on software engineering and top-down modular program development makes it readily accessible to novice programmers. Early introduction and careful development of pointers demonstrate the power of good programming.


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3 out of 5 stars Not the greatest C book   May 17, 2006
Abdulmajed Dakkak (Toledo, OH USA)
The book follows a very good style in which it teaches you some concepts, demonstrates some programs, and then gives you some problems. Sadly no answers were provided for the questions. Most of the programs demonstrated do not follow the usual syntax of ANCI C, for example the book uses the notation void main(void) { } while other books stress that the standard specifies the use of int main(void) { } . Another noticeable problem was the use of function prototypes inside the main function rather than outside.


5 out of 5 stars Will teach programming + how to think as programmer   February 8, 2004
M Hunter
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Im Computer engineer ,,iv finished bs degree,, this book was my starting step to build my knowleg in computer field,, this book is used in our university for first year programming subject,, im still keeping this book its meens alot to me, i visit this site to view what the people r writing about this book and i was really dispionted i saw 1 star!,i think its desirve more , im using the 2nd edition this book include 14 chapters but i think the new edition include more,, its includs the data types,logical operators,loops,functions,arrays,pointers,strings,structures,data file,and other additional topics and introduction to c++,class,,in end of each chapter there is common errors,summury,exercises,, this book done the job and more for me,if u want to study go for this book,,this book can be learnd byself study,,dont waste time and money on other books this book is the best,,,


4 out of 5 stars With a few exceptions, it is a good book.   January 20, 2004
This book is a good guide book for beginners. It is great for classes in ANSI C, but not necessarily for independent study. It provides simple visuals, shows common programming errors, and has a great reference. In fact, for the lightly seasoned C programmer, this book does work well as a reference.
The down falls of this book are the occasional editing errors, but if you can accept the few mistakes, then this book is okay.
This book follows the ANSI C specifications and introduces common programming practices. If it were not for the slight aforementioned mistakes, this book would perfect.



5 out of 5 stars Great introduction to C   June 1, 2003
Bruce Smith (Chula Vista, CA USA)
Students in my class really agreed that this was a well written book. The many code examples were great in that they reinforced the reading material. Any of the source code errors in the examples that might have occurred during the printing of the book were easily fixed. You also have the complete source code available to you from the book's website, thus allowing you to clear errors in the examples.

The text goes into the details of the code examples and into the details of the topics. For someone knowledgeable in C or with past programming experience, it might seem a bit wordy. But as in introduction to programming, it's wonderful. Excellent for self-study or for an Intro to Programming classroom environment.

All in all, I thought this book was great.


1 out of 5 stars Stupid Book   November 15, 1999
Kenneth H. Howard IV (USA)
I had to have this book for my first C programming class and it sucks. There are only about 5 examples per chapter. They show the code to make something, but you have to guess what its output will look like. This book tells you that you can do stuff but not how to do it!

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