On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 11:19:15AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > >PS: if you want a book on C instead of C++, don't bother with anything but > >the original book by the language's creators: C Programming Language by > >Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. As I said before, C is an elegant and > >small language, and this book is all you need. > No, it's not. > You also need a book that really tells you all about ANSI C. > The K&R syntax has been obsolete for at least a decade. I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. You don't want the *exact* original book, you want the second edition (published 1988), which covers (then draft, I believe, but basically the same) ANSI C. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
