C, The Complete Reference

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1. gte525uOct 2022
   C the complete reference - it's part tutorial, part reference, part project book. At the end, there is project where it walks you though making a mini-c interpreter. That project is very approachable and to be honest - that alone is worth the price of the book.
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2. kazinatorJan 2024
   I'm afraid that particular author is legendary for having been ridiculed, as far as the term "bullschildt" having been coined on Usenet.

   The book was useful, if you ignored Schildt's annotations, and just used it to get the text of the standard (or most of it).

   Review of the above book by Clive Feather:

   https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html

   Of Schildt's C: The Complete Reference, by Peter Seebach:

   https://www.seebs.net/c/c_tcn4e.html

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3. mcguireSep 2023
   I learned C from Schildt's C, The Complete Reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C,_The_Complete_Reference) that didn't either mention that it was Windows specific or that there were other options. :-(
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4. drow_away_accApr 2023
   Hello HN,

   I'm free for some time and want to use this time for something productive. Its like a school break (i'm 16). I have some experience in coding but its been mostly tutorial hell.

   Things I am interested in : Low level stuff(systems programming?), solving problems etc

   Here is a rough outline of my plan:

     WEEK 1 : python
       How : I intend to follow a book titled "Learn Python 3 the hard way"
   
     WEEK 2 : numPy, sciPy, pandas, scikit learn, 
       How : Not sure
   
     WEEK 3 : C
      How : Follow "C, the complete reference, 4th ed"
   
     WEEK 4 : Data structures and Algorithms
       How : Not sure
   
     WEEK 4,5,6 : ?
   
     Other projects I want to do
       - Start a personal website/blog. Static site generators such as HUGO or ZOLO seem good enough.
       - Try Linux From Scratch project. I currently use basic arch with WM. Learning the inner workings of GNU/LINUX systems sounds 
          interesting 
       - Try contribute to FOSS someday in the future 
       - Not sure
   
    I made this post to receive suggestions. Baseless weekly goals does not sounds like a good idea. If your were to start from scratch  
     how would you structure your learning? 
   
    What tools, books do you recommend to go through ?
    Please share other tech/life/general tips too.

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5. tracker1May 2020
   I used "C# The Complete Reference" with the command line compilers to learn it in the later beta and through the 2002 release. No IDE, just a windows desktop.

   I think VS Community started in 2015... there was also a SharpDevelop and MonoDevelop option in between, from pretty early on. I used SharpDevelop on my own projects for a number of years. Around 2011 I started using Node more and have been back and forth on projects since.

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6. trilinearnzMar 2020
   Too many =P But seriously, there are certain volumes I would never part with. For example: The Pragmatic Programmer, SICP, Design Patterns, The C Programming Language. Tomes which are definitive and timeless.

   I also have a few for purely nostalgic value, representative of key moments in my past. Notably: the OpenGL Red Book and C++ The Complete Reference.

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