Not everyone on the list is like this.
I wouldn't let it bother you. Speaking for myself, I just ask away. There is not a single package on Fedora that hasn't been modified by Red Hat in some way, so I think all questions are valid.
And as to the C programming book, there is
C Primer Plus, 4th Edition, by Stephen Prata which seems okay.
Beginning C by Ivor Horton, from Wrox Press, also seems okay.
You may want to try the Deitel "C How to Program" book. Deitel books are gouge-you expensive but have a lot of exercises and code examples.
Bob
Gavin Henry wrote:
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Dear Everyone,
I was had this pointed out to me, by Simon Perreault <nomis80@xxxxxxxxxxx> (with my reply):
"On Saturday 27 Dec 2003 8:49 pm, you wrote:
1) Please do not cross-post. (This means sending the same message to many lists.)
OK, guilty, but I wanted a varied response, as different people subscribe to different lists.
2) Please stay on topic. This has nothing to do with Fedora.
Fedora is GNU/Linux, there are C programmers, like you that use Fedora, and it is a general discussion list. What's the problem? I'm not asking for money for for you to join some crazy scheme.
This kind of attitude annoys me about GNU/Linux, I am not wasting anyones time, so I don't see what the problem is."
And his last reply:
"On December 27, 2003 16:11, you wrote:
This kind of attitude annoys me about GNU/Linux, I am not wasting anyones time, so I don't see what the problem is.
Yes, you are wasting time (and bandwidth, as there are some people on very slow connections) when you are not on topic. This list is not even about GNU/Linux, it is about Fedora. General Linux questions do not belong here. This is Fedora-related stuff only. There are tons of Linux and C mailing lists.
This is a quick lesson (that everyone must learn, I did too) on netiquette. You should Google a bit on that topic, particularly on stuff related to mailing lists."
I am sorry if I have wasted everyones time and bandwidth, but I have spent the last 3 days searching for up to date links and book reviews, some things you never find, like the website: http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/ recommended by another user.
I admit, I have cross posted, as I not only use Fedora, but Debian, SUSE and Gentoo. These are all different distro's with different user bases. I wanted to get a good feel of what are good texts from all the C programmers out their. I didn't get a response like above from anyone else. Even Alan Cox replied to me.
What I don't understand is, and I quote, "This list is not even about GNU/Linux, it is about Fedora."
What is Fedora then?
Again, sorry to waste everyones time, but you have all helped me out.
Gavin.
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