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The C Programming Language

This is the best known and one of the best books on the C language. I find it quite readable, but it definitely assumes knowledge of some programming language and opinions seem to be divided on whether it is really best to know some C before picking up the book.

The second edition describes C as defined by the ANSI standard.

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See our GCC page for more information on the GCC compiler and other resources related to the C language and the GCC compiler.

The author has a web page which mainly lists translations of the book. It also has some errata, as does lysator.liu.se.

Derek Price, CVS developer and technical editor of Essential CVS (Essentials line from O'Reilly Press) , and others offer consulting services and training through Ximbiot.