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Title: C: The Complete Reference, (Book/CD Package) by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0-07-212124-6 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (29 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Best for a Entry/Middle level C programmer,
Comment: As a C fan, i found this book good for an entry level/middle level C programmer.I do agree that the book has few errors but it is worth the money u invest.If u r a C beginner i will recommend u go for this book.Mind u Herbert Schildt is the best for C/C++.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very Useful Book.
Comment: My review was written for the C version only. I have not and shall never use C#. I use Linux, OS/2 and OS/390 not Micro$oft.
Recently I have had to brush up on my C programming skills as I haven't written anything since mid 1983. This is one of two books I have found that have been most useful. Unfortunetly, I have yet to find a book on C that is all encompassing and comprehensive. This book is very good refernce for specific topics. The only reason I didn't give this tome 5 stars is that it failed to meet a few of my queries (these were very specific) and I would have liked a few more example bits of code. But perhaps I am being a bit picky. I used to use the 1st and 2nd editions; but this edition is far superior. I would certainly consider buying any future updates to this book, depending upon how vast the updates would be.
Rating: 1
Summary: Stay away from Schildt
Comment: One of the people who sat on the committee that defined the C language says "I'm sure there's an effective drinking game lurking in this book." (Peter Seebach) He's got a review of this work on the web that's worthwile.
As with all of Herb Schildt's works, this one shows remarkable ignorance of the C language from someone who purports to be an expert in it. This is made worse by the clear, concise writing style; people reading it are likely to conflate that with an understanding of the topic at had, and be misled into making programming mistakes that can come back to bite them later.
He has a tendency to mistake quirks of one C compiler for language features (e.g. asserting that numbers are always stored as twos complement), makes rookie mistakes like thinking that C allows main to return void, sometimes invokes unspecified behavior such as listing standard #include headers in all caps, often has examples that will crash or loop endlessly if given unexpected inputs, etc. Worst, some of these will work on e.g. Microsoft Visual C++, causing people to try them and think their program is okay only to have it fail in mysterious ways when they eventually have to build it with Borland or another compiler or try to port it to another (Mac, Unix, etc) platform.
Avoid this book.
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Title: C++: The Complete Reference, 4th Edition by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0072226803 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 19 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: C/C++ Programmer's Reference by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0072127066 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 27 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Java 2: The Complete Reference, Fifth Edition by Herbert Schildt, Herb Schildt ISBN: 0072224207 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Embedded Microcontrollers by Todd D. Morton ISBN: 0139075771 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $123.00 |
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Title: C Programming Language (2nd Edition) by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, Dennis M. Ritchie ISBN: 0131103628 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 22 March, 1988 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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