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# C: A Reference Manual, 5th Edition 5th Edition

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An amazing reference manual
  

*by A***H on Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2008*

To be honest, I haven't done a lot of C programming. But when I need to, this is the place to go. It has reference material for just about anything you can imagine about the C language. And the cross referencing throughout the book is great. For me it replaces K&R without a doubt.The thing that I value the most about it, is that it is a true reference. It's not meant to be a "teach you C" book, it's a book that assumes you know what you're doing, and you just need to look up information about the language. And I must say, everything is *thoroughly* covered. Then going beyond the C language in terms of syntactical grammar, it includes reference for the standard C library.So, even if you've been programming C for years, you would probably enjoy this book, and possible learn something you didn't know, just from it's completeness. Or, for new developers to C, I would use this as a supplement to another "teach you C" style book. When going through a "teach you C" style book, look up the concepts that may be confusing, or incomplete in this book, and I'd bet you'll learn twice as much just from having this next to you.Enjoy!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very good book, low print quality
  

*by L***. on Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2011*

Harbison & Steele is a very good, modern and complete C language reference. Quality-wise it is in the same league as Kernighan & Ritchie book.I gave it 4 (four) points instead of 5 solely because of the poor manufacturing quality of the 5-th edition print. It is printed on a low quality paper. One cannot use highlighters, for the color markings protrude onto the opposite side of the sheet. I do not expect the book to last long. The content, on the other hand, is great!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    the best C book for a professional
  

*by N***A on Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2010*

If you haven't programmed before, not a book for you (but then, C is not the language for you). If you do have experience, and think mathematically (that is, you value precision and are not afraid to think) you will love it, as I did. Guy Steele was a programming language design God (check out the "lambda, the ultimate..." papers), who has sadly not fulfilled his promise (although Scheme has been enormously influential), and this book is his swan song, and almost succeeds in making C look like Scheme -- in truth, they are quite similar -- both are assembly languages for abstract machines). The real old-times (as opposed to semi-old-timers like me) learned C from C Programming Language (2nd Edition), and you should have K&R on your bookshelf, but it really is not as clearl as Harbison and Steele.

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- Standard C Library, The
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