this book is fucking hard. I know I am retarded but I have to

>>55040277
Same here, It's not really targeted for newbie.

>>55040277

Get C Primer Plus if you're new. The C Programming Language is definitely worth a read, but don't do it when you've never ever programmed before.

>>55040454

nice. Thank you.

>>55040277
>I have to read things at least 2 times
That is not actually a problem. It sounds like you're brand new to C and possibly to programming in general. You should fully expect to need to re-read things and generally practice.

No-one can skim through a textbook, instantly understand and memorise every word, and immediately be an expert in the field. You're being too hard on yourself.

>>55040277
Isn't that mostly reference manual?

>>55040277
>I know I am retarded but I have to read things at least 2 times.
So? It's not uncommon to read sections in textbooks more than twice until you begin to understand it. This isn't a feel-good hipster web tutorial (nor is it hardcore academic stuff you couldn't possible hope to comprehend)

>>55040454
Is this by Prata? 5th edition?

>>55040825
This guy isn't just talking. He's absolutely right. 2 passes is par for the course. Especially when you consider that they are still only teaching C to programmer's of previous languages like Fortran.

>>55041131
If anything, just treat it as reading in and then compiling the information as would happen with the C compiler itself. Might even make the whole thing easier.

>>55040277
Pointers are the hardest thing to grasp when first learning C.

Everything else is basically easy to learn.

This book is good ! It's a must-have for any serious developper.

>>55040277
This book is a technical book, so no wonder you can't get it if you are a beginner with no background to C. Try a book actually targeted at beginners. If you speak fairly well French, I can recommend you “Le Site du zéro”'s course, this courses are well written for anyone who wish to learn programming languages.

>>55040277
Textbooks in general suck for learning programming, definitely go for online tutorials instead (as long as you're not copy/pasting everything, you should be golden).

Also, I hope C isn't your first language. You ought to learn Python first and then branch out from there based on what you're interested in coding.
>c++ / c# / java for video games
>html / css / js for web pages
>java / js / ruby for web server apps
>java for android apps
>swift / objective-c for iphone apps
>sql and its many variants for databases
>assembly for being far as decided to use even go want to do look more like
>C is mostly for shit like operating systems and robotics
Have fun OP.

>>55040277
Of course it is hard. Learning C with this book would be like reading Newton's publications to learn calculus.

Consider using some lecture notes instead, that's what I do when I want to learn a new thing.

>>55041779
>Textbooks in general suck for learning programming

or you just suck at reading

Structured Programming into ANSI C. by Chris Carter

It's old but I like yourself was retarded when it came to programming. Still have it on my shelf too.

>>55040277
Just learn python, it's not like C is relevant anymore

>>55042578
>>55042578
>it's not like C is relevant anymore
wut?

>>55040383
You're both fucking retarded, anons. That book was the introductory C book for 1st semester CPSC back when I was in school.

Nut up or switch to something you can handle, like basket weaving or something.