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    C programming books

    I was wondering if you all could tell me what the best book is for learning the C language is. I've checked out a couple and don't know which one to get.

    I just started a C programming course at school and my buddy told me that the book the instructor told us to get isn't that good at explaining the concepts. He's been programming for a whle and knows his stuff. The book the instructor told us to get is 'C How to Program' by Deitel.

    The course covers the basics of programming (if/else, do/while etc) as well as functions, arrays, pointers, and classes. I need a book thats easy to understand and explains the concepts well.

    If anyone knows of some good books could you let me know.

    Thanks

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    Barnes and Noble, Borders, etc... all have good books that might be usefull, one I get a lot of use out of it the O'Reilly C Pocket reference.

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