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"The Beginner's Guide to C", Ivor Horton, 1994, 1-874416-15-X,
U$24.95/C$34.95/UK#22.99
%A   Ivor Horton
%C   2710 West Touhy Avenue, Chicago, IL   60645
%D   1994
%G   1-874416-15-X
%I   Wrox Press
%O   U$24.95/C$34.95/UK#22.99 +1-312-465-3559 fax: +1-312-465-4063 markj@aw.com
%O   75322.146@compuserve.com feedback@wrox.demon.co.uk http://www.wrox.com
%P   543
%T   "The Beginner's Guide to C: A Complete Introduction and Tutorial"
 
Complete it is, tutorial it's not.
 
Actually, that's a bit harsh, but I haven't found a good beginning introduction
to C yet, and I guess I'll have to keep looking.  Horton *does* provide
tutorial guidance, but he doesn't start at a low enough level for the non-
programmer.  He begins, for example, by suggesting the newcomer write a
program, and then seems to remember that there will need to be an editor,
compiler and linker before we can do that.  The material is not beyond any
intermediate or advanced computer user, but the organization follows that of
any standard programming course, assuming that the reader doesn't need to know
any particular reason to learn this or that feature other than the fact that it
will be on the final.
 
Those who do follow through the book, working examples as they go, will have a
good idea of how to use C, though perhaps not why.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKBEGG2C.RVW   960319

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