Roger Wilco! K&R it is then. http://www.amazon.co.uk/C-Programming-Language-2nd/dp/customer-reviews/0131103628/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&customer-reviews.start=1&qid=1205449841&sr=8-1#customerReviews Can you also recommend some good C programming forums where you can hang out with ppl in the same situation as me? Learning together with newbies is usually easier than hanging with some elite C programmers at least at the very beginning.