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Absolute Beginner’s Guide to C, 2nd Edition
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Absolute Beginner’s Guide to C, 2nd Edition

by Greg Perry
April 1994
Beginner
432 pages
6h 37m
English
Sams
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1. What Is C Programming?

Rewarding and Fun

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Although some people consider C to be difficult to learn and use, you’ll soon see that they are wrong. C is touted as being a cryptic programming language, and it can be; but a well-written C program is just as easy to follow as a program written in any other programming language. The demand for C programmers today is high, and there is no end in sight to that demand.

If you’ve never written a program in your life, this chapter begins at ...

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