> There’s a lot of reading material out there. For the basics, I still recommend that students purchase K&R. People say good things about C Programming: A Modern Approach; I’ve only skimmed it.

This early quote filled me with dread. The article fulfilled that dread. IMHO K&R was a classic book but C has changed far too much for that to be of service to students, who would have to unlearn as much as they learn.

Then the author, a college teacher, offhandedly mentions another outdated book as if to recommend it but admits no firsthand knowledge of it. A serious programming student taking these recommendations has just spent a hundred bucks or so and a great deal of precious study time on material that will derail them from their studies with no benefit at all.