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- From: nngis@norfolk.infi.net (Greg DiGiorgio)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: "Avoid K&R" (says AOL)
- Date: 15 Jan 1996 13:49:28 GMT
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- <tcpnntpd.16.1.13.11.39.12.2781597121.338318@the-fix.sos.on.ca>,
- verneb@the-fix.sos.on.ca says...
- >
- >To: INT:bnelson@netcom.com
- >
- >I >Teach Yourself C
- >I >Herb Schildt
- >I >McGraw Hill Pub.
- >I >ISBN 881596-7
-
- *** Shildt's books stir up anger among some posters to this group, but
- *** not with me. One of my favorite things that he does:
- *** void main (...
- *** Of course, this flies in the face of ANSI and ISO standards and ticks
- *** off alot of people.
-
- >I >
- > >BOOKS TO BE AWARE OF
- >I >Avoid the K & R C Language book, as well as the Stroustrup C++
- Programming
- >I >Language book. These books were written to set a standard for
- developers
- >I >of the language. They make awful tutorials, are hard to read, and
- >I >generally just discourage the novice programmer. They are however
- good
-
- *** I have to agree that as a tutorial, K&R is not very good. It is
- *** concise and technical (alot like the 'C' language itself). But
- *** your collection is incomplete without it. You need a standard
- *** reference against which statements that others make can be judged.
-
- >I >to win bar bets if you hang out at a programmer's bar.
-
- *** I agree with this comment. K&R is precise which is what one needs
- *** when arguing fine points in 'C'.
- ***
- *** Now as for the programmer's bar... What do you think? Could I make
- *** a go of it? Instead of a big screen TV blaring out football playoffs,
- *** I'd broadcast old interviews with Bill Gates. There'd be a reading
- *** library with some of Osborne's old books (Osborne computer fame). Of
- *** course, no programmer's bar would be complete without a mechanism
- *** by which programmer's could show off as they became drunk. So, I'd
- *** have an old IBM-PC (8088) that programmer's could use to write
- *** an OS in BASICA. Since programmers are more likely to bring their
- *** laptops than female companionship (sorry to all you girl
- *** programmers), I'd have to hunt around for women. Now, who would want
- *** to socialize with Nick Nerd, pocket protector overflowing with
- *** pens and markers, dressed in a plaid jacket? Well, maybe I could
- *** stock blow-up dolls or something - I'll figure that one out later.
- Regards,
- Greg DiGiorgio
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