Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: There are much better C books around!

I bought this book because it was a set text for my C programming class. I have to add a review, because contrary to most reviews I read on this site, I found this book extremely difficult to get any useful information out of. The examples are not practical, when they provide a sample program they totally disect it in to a long-winded discussion with much more detail than is needed. They take about six pages to go through a ten line program.If you have some programming experience in another language and just need a reference (as I did), this is NOT the book to buy! I recommend "C: How to Program" by Deitel & Deitel, which I have been using instead of this stupid book through the duration of my course.Maybe this might be halfway useful if you have never programmed before and need a really slow baby-steps book, but I really believe that it is not a good C reference.