Where is the best place to learn C? [closed]

Answer 1

I might get flamed for this, but I learnt C using Dan Gookin's C for Dummies. The book is funny, well-written and very, very good. It's a bit short on "meaty stuff", so if you're already a programmer, it's probably too basic for you, but for the beginner, I have yet to see a book as good as this one.

I learnt C from this book first, and followed that up with the K&R book already mentioned, which is also excellent, if a bit terse and dense.

Answer 2

I think the MAME source code is a good C code example to play with. It is available for many platforms, and contains all sorts of cool things to look at and learn from.

So, get it, compile it, then play with it. Ultimately, you should try to fix a bug.

Answer 3

When I learned C in the late 1980's I preferred Kochan's Programming in C (to K&R and a couple other lesser books). I see it's up to a third edition now, and there is a more recent version for Objective C.