"Balagurusamy" or "yashwant kanetkar"

[Rishabh_sharma1990]

Hi friends, i've just joined the BCA cource and as you know, C Programming is always there. Now i want to ask you that which book i should buy for learning C. Everyone suggests "Programming in ANSI C with E. Balagurusamy" or "Let us C by yashwant kanetkar". I am really confused. Could u please tell which book is better for learning good "C Programming". Please also suggest some other good books if any.

[ThinkFree]

None of these.

[Garbage]

E.Balagurusami.

Bcoz Yashwant Kanetkar book is too basic.

[Gigacore]

yea.. Balaguruswami is good...

Yashwant Kanetkar is easily available on net

[QwertyManiac]

Both are bad books, even Schildt is better than them. :\

[lywyre]

If you are new to programming the EB. Yashwant is also good. If already have some programming knowledge, then try Shaum's series.

[codename_romeo]

Read as many books as u can.......... no book is complete....... damn i used to be the best in the business in first year of engg coz i had complete control over C...... and finally programming is something that u are born with........ i have seen sup0er talented guys with Zero programming skill....... my view.....

[Plasma_Snake]

I disagree! Programming is nothing like ur born with. If it was so then most of us here would have made programs to solve our Differentiation and Integration problems in High school. Its more like Maths more you practice more you learn and u can never be a true master of it 'cause one day along the line a dude will come and tip u over. Yashwant Kanitkar is the best basic book for C as all B.E colleges follow it as text book. Alternative text book can be Balagurusamy. For reference sake refer to Schildt or Kerningham and Ritchie.

[saqib_khan]

E.Balagurusami.

[The Conqueror]

+1for Balagurusami.

[sreenidhi88]

Originally Posted by Plasma_Snake

I disagree! Programming is nothing like ur born with. If it was so then most of us here would have made programs to solve our Differentiation and Integration problems in High school. Its more like Maths more you practice more you learn and u can never be a true master of it 'cause one day along the line a dude will come and tip u over. Yashwant Kanitkar is the best basic book for C as all B.E colleges follow it as text book. Alternative text book can be Balagurusamy. For reference sake refer to Schildt or Kerningham and Ritchie.

i dont know which engg college uses kanetkar's book as textbook.but i am sure vtu doesn't.

if you are learning from the start ,and want to learn quickly then go for yashwant kanetkar.you can't call it a bad book.there are lot of things to learn from it.
to be frank i got inspired by that book ,and the way he explains things inspired me and dragged me into programming field.
try to read from fourth edition,there are lot of extra chapters you might be interested(hardware related) .you can find the same in his website also.

after you get the theory required try to solve more and more problems which you think could be difficult.dont go for answers available.

one disadvantage is both of them wont stress on using standard code.but you can always learn them later .imo you shd go for kanetkar

[QwertyManiac]

Standard C first, platform specific goodies later. This way is more feasible, IWO. W, not M.

[j1n M@tt]

C is my fav. language.....IMO refer as many books as u can, but for basics refer Balagurusamy and Kanethkar........Kanethkar can't be used as a book for writing ur theory paper, it's a more interactive book to understand and learn the basics, more over it covers some advanced topics like 32-bit C under Windows & Linux + Grfx, API based hardware programing, etc.....also the examples used in Kanethkar use code snippets which r mostly found in C debugging....so its more helpful to those who r planning to make C as there specialization area in future

[desiibond]

Hell with those two books that teach you nothing much abcd's.

Get

C Programming Language - Dennis Ritchies & Brian Kennighan

The best book on C Language.

Seriously, stay away from balagurusamy's and kanetkar's.

[j1n M@tt]

oh ic!!...I don't think for a BCA first yr stud needs to study from Dennis Ritchie & Kennighan........btw kanethkar is not so bad, he was the only guy from India who got the best teachers award from MS for covering Windows pgming and .NET

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by j1n M@tt

oh ic!!...I don't think for a BCA first yr stud needs to study from Dennis Ritchie & Kennighan........btw kanethkar is not so bad, he was the only guy from India who got the best teachers award from MS for covering Windows pgming and .NET

Why do you think that BCA first yr student need not study Dennis Ritchie's book.

It's not a complex book. It's pretty good and don't fix to basic books for a programming language that forms the base of programmer's career.

C lang is one language that you should really really work hard and learn everything inside out. It's simple but very vast.

[hard_rock]

Use Yashwant Kanetkar if you dont know anything about C. it'll give a firm understanding of C. Then you can try Schildt to know better...
The way kanetkar has put up the concepts is good...I dint need a teacher to learn C.(I used to BUNK classes.. )

[j1n M@tt]

^^+1

[chandru.in]

desiibond + infinity

Neither is good. Till 5th Edition (dunno if they fixed it now), Let Us C used gets() without pointing out even remotely the huge disadvantage of using that function.

Both the books are too basic to spend money on. Read the free copy in your library instead.

"The C Programming Language" is the C book which covers real C (including a reference manual for C). Nothing beats it and the book is very simple to learn from too.

[mehulved]

+1 got Kernighan and Ritchie, while preparing for MCA I referred to that more often than LUC, I didn't like the latter at all.

[rhitwick]

I quote Mehuldev

+1 got Kernighan and Ritchie

U can also try "A Book on C" by Kelly-Pohl................I really liked this book...........

And if u want to b a UberGeek in C, then,

The Indispensable Guide To C by Paul Devis

[hullap]

Originally Posted by rhitwick

I quote Mehuldev

mehul-dev?
mehulved

[ruturaj3]

yashwant kanetkar = To understand 'C' easily
Balagurusamy = Pass in the exam easily

[j1n M@tt]

^^ ya u r right, this is wat most of the studs at clge do nowadays

[Faun]

Originally Posted by hullap

mehul-dev?
mehulved

after compiling Gentoo Doc, he sure needs a dev status

A very nice book to dig deeper into linux. Easy to understand for average linux user.

[tarey_g]

Kanetkar's book has better examples, i suggest starters to go with it. Balagurusamy is the worst boook i have ever read for C.

[Faun]

For I learned C from Deitel & Deitel

[dheeraj_kumar]

I began with some old book whose name i dont remember, then followed up with K&R. I havent read balagurusamy, but let us c is quite dumb, really.

[tarey_g]

^^ You are not a pro when you start, so the so called dumb books are helpful to wwho have just started.

[gopi_vbboy]

It all depend in what interest u have.........u love c programming .i recommend to read both books......i applied them in my embedded system programming n was the only thing in life i felt like being applied usefully in engineering.......c language is very important.i suggest u to learn by doing method...hav a compiler....complile the exampleprograms and learn.......afterward u get a grip on it.u start writing the program by urself when u can guess the algorithm.......

the pointers stuff is little confusing in start....don;t worry it while be easy afterwards....thers a seperate book by kanethkar (somethin like Pointers in C) ..go for it if possible....