C for Dummies
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C for Dummies is one of the many For Dummies books written by Dan Gookin
, who wrote the first For Dummies book, DOS
for Dummies. It aims to teach the basics of the programming language C, and like the other books in the series, explains the theory simplistically and not at all concisely, relative to other C textbooks. (See The C Programming Language, by Brian Kernighan
and Dennis Ritchie
.)
Dan Gookin
Dan Gookin is the author of the first ...For Dummies books including DOS for Dummies and PCs for Dummies. Writing the first Dummies books, he set forth the design to be used in the future Dummies books, incorporating humor and jokes into an easy-to-use format for beginners of any subject...
, who wrote the first For Dummies book, DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
for Dummies. It aims to teach the basics of the programming language C, and like the other books in the series, explains the theory simplistically and not at all concisely, relative to other C textbooks. (See The C Programming Language, by Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Brian Wilson Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist who worked at Bell Labs alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie and contributed to the development of Unix. He is also coauthor of the AWK and AMPL programming languages. The 'K' of K&R C and the 'K' in AWK both stand for...
and Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie , was an American computer scientist who "helped shape the digital era." He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the UNIX operating system...
.)