Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"?

[gdotone]

ISBN 0-13-725649-3
copyright 1991 old book ...

I'm working though the book and would like to discuss some of the examples with someone from time to time. Yes, I could include the authors complete programs for discussion from everyone, but that's a lot of code in some cases.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Keith Thompson]

I may have a copy packed away in my library, but I am in the process
of moving and it is unavailable.

However, I would suggest that you might want to update your text to an
edition that includes the 2011 ANSI/ISO updates.

[snip]

I'm not sure that there are any books out yet that cover the 2011 ISO C
standard (unless you count the standard itself, of course).

A book that covers the 1999 standard would likely be better than a book
from 1991.

Note that not all compilers even support the 1999 standard; Microsoft in
particular has expressed a lack of interest in supporting any standard
past the 1990 one. (Ignore anyone who claims that this statement
indicates any dislike for C99; it's just something to be aware of.)

 

[Keith Thompson]

wrote: [...]

I'm not sure that there are any books out yet that cover the 2011 ISO C
standard (unless you count the standard itself, of course).

A book that covers the 1999 standard would likely be better than a book
from 1991.

Note that not all compilers even support the 1999 standard; Microsoft in
particular has expressed a lack of interest in supporting any standard
past the 1990 one. (Ignore anyone who claims that this statement
indicates any dislike for C99; it's just something to be aware of.)

Good point about C99. But I believe there was a C standard update in
2003?

No. ISO C standards were issued in 1990, 1999, and 2011. An amendment
was issued in 1995. (The 1990 ISO standard was based on the 1989 ANSI
standard; after that, all standards were issued directly by ISO.)

(There was a 2003 standard in C++; if you want to discuss that, try
comp.std.c++.)

[...]

 

[gdotone]

Thanks everyone for the suggestion to get a more up-to-date book. I will follow that suggestion.

Is there away to obtain the new standard specifications for C? Well, is the standard freely described somewhere? ANSI sells the standard publication, right?

I'll check the web for some up-to-date publications, books, on C Data Structures.
ISBNs would be welcomed.

Again,

Thanks Everyone.

 

[Jens Gustedt]

Am 02.08.2012 21:22, schrieb (e-mail address removed):

Thanks everyone for the suggestion to get a more up-to-date book. I will follow that suggestion.

Is there away to obtain the new standard specifications for C? Well, is the standard freely described somewhere? ANSI sells the standard publication, right?

You'd find versions that are officially drafts but come very close to
the final document here:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/nXXXX.pdf

where you have to replace XXXX by 1570 for the latest standard (C11) and
1256 for the previous one (C99 plus corigenda).

Jens

 

[James Kuyper]

On 08/02/2012 03:37 PM, Jens Gustedt wrote:
....

You'd find versions that are officially drafts but come very close to
the final document here:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/nXXXX.pdf

where you have to replace XXXX by 1570 for the latest standard (C11) and
1256 for the previous one (C99 plus corigenda).

Note that 1256 is actually a more useful reference for C99 than the
documents that you have to pay for, because it's the only document that
combines C99 with the three technical corrigenda.

 

[Keith Thompson]

You can purchase and/or download copies of standard at the NIST or ISO
website: (or other support sites)

The standard is titled:

ISO/IEC 9899:2011

Google it and make your choice.

Here is one URL that works:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf

That URL is for a draft of the C11 standard. It should be nearly
identical to the released standard, but if you want the official
standard itself you can buy it here:

http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=INCITS/ISO/IEC+9899-2012

ANSI charges $30 US for the PDF.

There's also a Technical Corrigendum, available at no charge here:

http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=ISO/IEC+9899/Cor1:2012

It just corrects the values of __STDC_VERSION__ and __STDC_LIB_EXT1__,
both of which expand to 201112L.

I didn't see copies of the standard at the NIST web site.

ISO sells the C11 standard for 238 Swiss francs (currently $246.14 US).

It's robably also available from other national standard bodies. I
don't know whether ANSI sells to non-US customers.