good hard copy c reference

[Anthony Irwin]

Hi all,

I spend a quite bit of time each day traveling to work on public
transport and thought it might be nice to read through a c standards
book during that time.

I I have the Herbert Schildt C complete reference which I have been
told many times is a pile of crap so I don't really want to start
reading it.

I was wondering which hard copy (meaning a book) C reference is
recommended. Something with code examples would be nice but anything
good that you know about would be appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Anthony Irwin

 

[Ian Collins]

I was wondering which hard copy (meaning a book) C reference is
recommended. Something with code examples would be nice but anything
good that you know about would be appreciated.

K&R2.

 

[CBFalconer]

I spend a quite bit of time each day traveling to work on public
transport and thought it might be nice to read through a c standards
book during that time.

I I have the Herbert Schildt C complete reference which I have been
told many times is a pile of crap so I don't really want to start
reading it.

I was wondering which hard copy (meaning a book) C reference is
recommended. Something with code examples would be nice but anything
good that you know about would be appreciated.

The C standard part is fine, except I understand he omitted a
page. However it is an obsolete standard today (C90 rather than
C99). The crap is the part Schildt wrote.

 

[Richard Heathfield]

CBFalconer said:

The C standard part is fine,

No, it isn't. You're referring to his "Annotated ANSI C Standard",
whereas Mr Irwin is referring to his "C - The Complete Reference".

However it is an obsolete standard today (C90 rather than
C99).

No, it isn't. C90 is still the de facto standard in the C programming
world. C99 hasn't replaced C90 any more than skipping has replaced
running.

The crap is the part Schildt wrote.

But I cannot bring myself to disagree with you here.

 

[Richard Bos]

I spend a quite bit of time each day traveling to work on public
transport and thought it might be nice to read through a c standards
book during that time.

<http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470845732.html>

Richard

 

[Roland Pibinger]

I spend a quite bit of time each day traveling to work on public
transport and thought it might be nice to read through a c standards
book during that time.

Harbison & Steele 'C: A Reference Manual'.
A good introductory C book (but not a reference) is Kochan
'Programming in C'.

Best regards,
Roland Pibinger

 

[Anthony Irwin]

K&R2.

Hi,

I already have k&r2 and still going through it, I quite like it so far.

I also got programming pearls se by Jon Bentley which I have not gown
through yet but I hope its a good read. Has anyone had any experience
with it?

Kind Regards,
Anthony Irwin

 

[Chris Dollin]

I also got programming pearls se by Jon Bentley which I have not gown
through yet but I hope its a good read. Has anyone had any experience
with it?

S'excellent.

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Chris Dollin
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[Army1987]

However it is an obsolete standard today (C90 rather than C99).
Too bad that today not even gcc is a completely C99-conforming compiler.
http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html

According to
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/Weaknesses_of_C#_ref-0, there is
apparently only one working C99 compiler, and I've never heard about it
anywhere else.

 

[bytebro]

I spend a quite bit of time each day traveling to work on public
transport and thought it might be nice to read through a c standards
book during that time.

It's not strictly a C standards book, but once you've worked your way
through the other suggestions, I'd suggest a thorough read of Peter
van der Linden's "Expert C Programming - Deep C Secrets" (ISBN
013177429-8). IMHO, it's useful, interesting, entertaining, and
amusing, which is more than can be said of a lot of tech books.

 

[Roberto Waltman]

...which hard copy (meaning a book) C reference
is recommended. Something with code examples
would be nice but anything good that you know
about would be appreciated.

"C, a Reference Manual" - Harbison & Steele

With a different focus:

"The Standard C Library" - Plauger

Or the standard itself from the ANSI store.
($30 when I bought it last year.)
Not what a literary critic would call "engaging"
or "riveting", but interesting nevertheless.

Roberto Waltman

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[CBFalconer]

Too bad that today not even gcc is a completely C99-conforming
compiler. http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html

According to
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/Weaknesses_of_C#_ref-0,
there is apparently only one working C99 compiler, and I've never
heard about it anywhere else.

Practically speaking, there probably does not exist a working C90
compiler, in that all software has bugs, possibly undiscovered.

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are the initial lines that say "joe wrote:" or similar.

 

[wmaple]

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