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Quality
Finally i have to agree with the reviewers who question the thinking behind the moving from c to java section at the end of each chapter
More or less what i needed have c as mother tongue dont care much for the part
Packaging/appearance
Was a great accompaniment to the free online course of the same name on coursera
Competitiveness
If youve read kr thats probably enough
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This was the text for a coursera class of the same name by the author
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Pohl seems to understand c at a deep level and he knows from an historical and developmental perspective why things were done to make c a better c
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However in my opinion those topics are just beyond the books scope and like a bonus the chapters about constructors and inheritance are epic
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More or less what i needed have c as mother tongue dont care much for the part
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I was initially dismayed by the large number of negative reviews but now that ive completed this book i believe i understand why this book is really intended for a very narrow target audience very experienced c programmers with no knowledge of c i
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Anyone else looking to learn c would be better served by choosing c for dummies or something similar
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First the book does not come with a compiler or a cdrom
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It does come with a url from which you can download the complete source code referred to in the book but you will have to obtain your own compiler and chances are you will have to considerably modify the comparatively ancient source code in order to get it to compile for you