I open a new textbook and jump in with gusto. But I like more background and context than others. If you're like me in that way, I wanted to share a great book I found for learning C (on the Mac): Learn C on the Mac by Dave Mark. It's is a great start before K&R... which everyone says is the C Bible.<p>From the early chapters (before flow control!), Dave introduces the concept of the compiler's memory reservation for variables. 4 bits for int's on my compiler! The closeness to the machine running my code makes me love coding even more. It's just not something I've seen in the beginner lit for higher-level languages.<p>No personal connection to Dave here. Just wanted to share a really well-done starting point to C for we newbs.<p>Any thoughts on next reads on C, if not K&R?