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- From: Larry Weiss <lfw@iadfw.net>
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- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 17:20:18 -0600
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- Kazimir Kylheku wrote:
- >
- > >Kazimir Kylheku wrote:
- > > > this I think is a major flaw in the otherwise great book.
- >
- > The book is a classic work, so it might as well be left alone, with its few
- > minor warts and all.
-
- So, which is it? "major" or "minor" ?
-
- I don't want to allow this to pass so casually. K&R are certainly selling
- a bunch of books to people on the premise that they have expertise in the
- subject. If they make fundamental errors in their text (and I'm starting
- to believe that they are, in fact, misrepresenting the language C with respect
- to the standard library) then we should shed some light on these mistakes
- and maybe influence the next revision.
-
- This is exactly why I started this discussion. I am now even more convinced
- that most programmers do not even yet understand the implications of some of
- the most important decisions of the C Standardization effort.
-