On 11/27/05, Amadeus W. M. <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It seems that you're really beginning with C. You asked, and you got > good, specific advice. But it won't be very easy to learn C from the gcc > man page. A good C book will be a good investment. If you decide to buy > one, let it be "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan & Ritchie - the > very authors of C. It is the best book on C. Similarly, if you ever want > to learn C++ get Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language". Any > university library should have them. > > Oh, yeah, and you may want to check out the compiler specific newsgroups, > like gnu.gcc.help or gnu.g++.help. I do have that book! Excellent resource. But I have just started reading it and have not yet gotten to the discussion of compilers in-depth. Actually, in the foreward the authors say that they will NOT discuss that in the book, as the book is intended for C coders and not for those who are writting C compilers (even if they are writing them in C). Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/technical_answer/what_is_a_cellphone.html '