[anexprogrammer]

Read the review over at hentenar.com, though I've never read Zed's work.

All I can say is the order of topics, the choice of topics and the quoted explanations would make for a very confused beginner. Especially the crusade he seems to have against strings and functions called incorrectly. That makes me think he should be teaching the language, not the language he wishes it were. Of course these are selective quotations so I can't draw too many conclusions.

Going on my time teaching C, I wouldn't even mention Duff's device or safer, better strings at this level. There's better ways to introduce defensive programming, along with a discussion of the pros and cons.

Oh, I'm past 50 so am clearly "doomed" and beyond help. Not that I'm sure what I need help with. Oh well. :)