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Old 10-13-2011, 05:41 PM   #15
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For my thesis I learnt C reading Kernighan & Ritchie's The C programming language, the best book on programming ever written and a model for others to follow.
I wholeheartedly agree! I was just using my well-thumbed copy yesterday. Unfortunately, there haven't been many other books like it (maybe Stroustrup's early book on C++). As per kjk's quote above, to write a book like that, you need the understanding of the genius.
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