CS9C students:<br />
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Some background. Our time-tested CS9C book &quot;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beginning with C&quot;</span>, by Ron House (1994, ISBN: 0534941222) recently went out of print. It's still available used through Amazon and other suppliers. We've been looking at new books and have settled on a replacement: &quot;<i>Practical C Programming, 3rd ed</i>&quot; by Steve Oualline (1997, ISBN: <span typeof="v:Review-aggregate" xmlns:v="http://xmlns.data-vocabulary.org">1-56592-306-5, listed new at $34.95, availale on Amazon new for $23.07)</span>. The great thing about this new book is that it can be read online if you're on-campus:<br />
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<a href="http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/1565923065"><tt>http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/1565923065</tt></a><br />
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and if you're off-campus, you can use a VPN (use <i>&quot;Campus VPN Full Tunnel&quot;</i>) whose instructions are here:<br />
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<a href="http://net.berkeley.edu/vpn/"><tt>http://net.berkeley.edu/vpn/</tt></a><br />
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We're going to support BOTH books this semester (in case you already bought the House book or wish to find it used online or from a former student).&nbsp; We're still recommending K&amp;R, the definitive C reference. <br />
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Here are the reading assignments for the Oualline book; remember, you must complete the program before the quiz, although you're free to start (and finish) the program before you've completed all the reading.<br />
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    <li>Group A
    <ul>
        <li>Program - Introduction (chapters 1-4, 6-9, 13)</li>
        <li>Program - Debugging (chapter 15)</li>
        <li>Quiz - Fundamentals (chapters 1-4, 6-7)</li>
        <li>Quiz - Functions and argument pointers (chapters 8-9, 13)</li>
    </ul>
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    <li>Group B
    <ul>
        <li>Program - Abstract data types with arrays (chapter 5)</li>
        <li>Quiz - Arrays, structures, and files (chapters 5, 12-14)</li>
        <li>Quiz - General use of pointers (chapter 13, 17)</li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Group C
    <ul>
        <li>Program - Abstract data types with trees (chapters 13-14, 17-18, 21)</li>
        <li>Quiz - Linked structures (chapters 13-14, 17)</li>
    </ul>
    </li>
</ul>
In terms of pacing, the tortoise will finish his first assignment at the end of week 4 (a week after the other courses because of the delay in choosing the book and reading).<br />
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Enjoy CS9C!<br />
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The self-paced staff<br />