Re: "C" Manual
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 04:11:57PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Eric G. Miller wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:48:08 -0800 (PST), "Jeffrey W. Baker" <jwbaker@acm.org> wrote:
> >>On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, dman wrote:
> >>>On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 09:31:36AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> >>>| Gary Turner muttered:
> >>>| > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:11:33 -0500, Phil Beder wrote:
> >>>| >
> >>>| > >Where can I find a good, complete manual for C and C++ programming
> >>>| > >languages for the gcc compiler.
> >>>|
> >>>...
> >>>| Kernighan and Ritchie is 'the' C book,
> >>>...
> >>>
> >>>Be aware though that K&R is the old standard. Their book describes
> >>>"K&R C" which is very similar, but a bit different than ANSI C.
> >>>Still, K&R is a highly recommended reference by many people. (I don't
> >>>have it, but my friend's dad has an really old copy of it)
> >>>
> >>K&R 2nd edition, which is the only edition you can buy these days, deals
> >>with ANSI C. It is completely accurate and I recommend it to anyone
> >>learning C.
> >>
> >
> > Unless a 3rd edition comes out, it is no longer up to date. But, AFAIK,
> > there is only one fully comformant C99 compiler and it isn't gcc (although,
> > gcc 3.0 is pretty close). I don't know that I'd recommend K&R to someone
> > who doesn't have any programming experience, but it's still worth having
> > around for reference.
>
>
> Similarly, Stanley Lippman's C++ Primer (3rd edition?) may not be the
> best for a beginner since it's in the style of K&R but it's a great C++
> reference.
K&R C (2nd Edition) has everything I ever wanted to know about
ANSI C, except about const.
It may be small, but it is quite complete. It is a pleasant
change to be able to carry around a 200 page book which is
an almost-complete reference (and tutorial) instead of the
500-1000 page bricks that seem to be the standard now.
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