learning C

Should I start with The C Programming Language? I already know some basics (hello, world, obviously), but will the book be good as a first handbook?

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Everyone here is talking about why some compilers for c (gcc) are better than others(visual studio). You can't really understand something like that unless you understand assembly language, with MIPS being a good vesicle for that understanding.  So while it may seem pretty useless nowadays, its really not.  Same thing with c.  Its the foundation for most modern programming languages...its beneficial to know where they came from.