need C crash course book

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 03/06/2009 09:45 AM, ref wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> So I have been tasked with the impossible (as usual) and I need to writ=
e
> an apache module, and given what it needs to do, I want to compile it
> for maximum speed run time. I have Nick Kew's book "The apache modules
> book", and now need to get a crash course in C. I was wondering what
> books you guys would recommend, other than the Kernigen & Ritchie book
> which I have. I guess I am looking for a 'best practices'/tutorial kind=

> of book. I have solid PHP/JS,  reasonable Perl, and passing experience
> with Java/Python (just not enough time behind the wheel for them to be
> solid).=20
> Any pointers anyone ?(no pun intended ;) ...and yes, I know this will b=
e
> a crunch, but I _love_ a good challenge and something to sink my teeth
> into)
>
> Richard
>  =20
I taught C at Northeastern for a while, and have been using C for many=20
years. The book we used at Northeastern was as below.
C Programming: A Modern Approach" by *K. N. King=20
<http://www.knking.com/index.html>
http://www.knking.com/books/c/
*


Another book is "/C/ How to /Program" by Deitel. I brifly had Harvery=20
Deitel as a professor when working for my CS masters. While I like=20
Deitel's books, they are overly complex for beginners. I have Deitel's=20
C++ book because most of my work here is in C++. I actually learned C=20
using the original K&R that I still have and by implementing the C=20
runtime library for PDP 11 C using the 1989 draft standard.
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