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Scott W
the second edition of King's book will be released next year. should i
wait until then or just get the currently available version?
wait until then or just get the currently available version?
Scott W said:the second edition of King's book will be released next year. should i
wait until then or just get the currently available version?
the second edition of King's book will be released next year. should i
wait until then or just get the currently available version?
Andrew said:Buy K&R and C Unleashed. If you can read through those (or have already)
before the second version comes out, buy the first. Attempt to return it
once you've read that, and buy the second version. Keep the second. And
the first, if you're honest.
well, i've just ordered C Programming off amazon, it's not stocked in
town. i've already got K&R but it's proving to be a tough read
Scott said:the second edition of King's book will be released next year. should i
wait until then or just get the currently available version?
osmium said::
I would not wait, I suppose the new edition covers C99 and there are very
few actual compilers for that anyway.
Andrew Poelstra said:Buy K&R and C Unleashed. If you can read through those (or have already)
before the second version comes out, buy the first. Attempt to return it
once you've read that, and buy the second version. Keep the second. And
the first, if you're honest.
It's unclear to me what's "dishonest" about returning a book you've
read. Can you explain your reasoning?
That's basically reading a book for free. Like returning an empty potato
chip bag.
That was my reasoning, but then I remembered the concept of a library. I've
really got to get some sleep.
jacob said:This is wrong.
gcc has a very good C99 implementation.
lcc-win32 (under windows) has most of the C99 functionality
Comeau C99 implementation is 100% compliant.
No it isn't.
gcc is not a C99 compiler.
lcc-win32 is not a C99 compiler.
It is one of the few. There are many compilers that support *parts* of
C99 but only a small handful that are actually fully compliant (and
hence C99 compilers).
Robert Gamble
jacob navia said:According to your criteria then, there are no c++ compilers either,
since in a survey done by the c/c++ user's journal there were almost no
compilers that had 100% compliance witn ansi c++.
The problems of the gcc c99 implementation are minimal, and stating that
"it is not c99" is just not true.
Jordan said:It's unclear to me what's "dishonest" about returning a book you've
read. Can you explain your reasoning?
The first version of the book is very good (and very expensive), I
wouldn't wait if I were you, the first edition is a great book to
learn from and it is pretty easy to learn the stuff that is new in C99
afterwards.
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