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It's certainly not "mind-blowing", and is not intended to be, but it is a brilliant example of how a technical book on a specific programming language should be
by zabzonk 7y ago
It's certainly not "mind-blowing", and is not intended to be, but it is a brilliant example of how a technical book on a specific programming language should be written.
- dorfsmay 7y agoThe point some of us are trying to make here is that K&R works for some learning styles but not others. It's definitely not universal.
- catalogia 7y ago"Blow my mind" might be a bit of an exaggeration, but whatever magic was once in the book is now gone for me. Experience with other books and other languages has shifted my perspective such that K&R no longer feels special to me.