C Primer Plus

这几乎是每个C程序员书架上都绕不开的一本。它不满足于教你语法，而是把“如何写出可维护的程序”这件事反复讲透：从定义目标、设计、编码到调试维护，七步走成一个完整的工程闭环。读者印象最深的，是它用大量短小实例一次只讲清一两个概念，再配课后练习让你立刻上手——这种“边学边练”的节奏，被不少人称为比K&R更友好的入门路径。但它也引发真实争议：内容详尽到让部分自学新手感到吃力，有人读过半本就遗忘，也有人发现个别章节讲得含糊。正因其“厚”与“细”，它更像一位耐心却啰嗦的老师，适合愿意逐章啃练、追求扎实的人，而非求快的速读者。

Stephen Prata , now retired, taught astronomy, physics, and programming at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. He received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His association with computers began with the computer modeling of star clusters. Stephen as authored or coauthored over a dozen books, including C++ Primer Plus and Unix Primer Plus.