IS this a good C reference manual ??

[broli]

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc-2.02/

 

[santosh]

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc-2.02/

That's specific to glibc. You might also try the link below. The section
on C explains the entire C99 standard library. There is also a short
description of the language.

<http://www.dinkumware.com/manuals/>

Also:

<http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/webmonkeys/book/c_guide/index.html>

Bear in mind that all these links are focused on the library part of the
C language. For a complete reference try /C: A Reference Manual/ by
Harbison & Steele.

 

[santosh]

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc-2.02/

That's specific to glibc. [ ... ]

Sorry for that mistake. It's not specific to glibc, but to DJGPP.

 

[Barry Schwarz]

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc-2.02/

Please include your question (IS this a good C reference manual ??) in
the text of your message. Some don't get to see the subject.

It is not a C reference at all. It is a reference about functions
provided by a particular implementation. Most of the functions
discussed are non-standard. The discussion of the standard functions
makes non-portable assumptions (which may be valid for the particular
implementation).

I don't use the particular implementation so I can't tell if the
information is accurate. It does appear voluminous and comprehensive
in breadth but not in detail.

The organization is not obvious. malloc is not discussed in the
stdlib section though when you find it in the alphabetic index it does
say to #include <stdlib.h>. In fact, only one function is discussed
in the stdlib section.

I thought the few examples I looked at were a little simplistic and
provided no new information compared to the prototype. The one for
strtok invokes undefined behavior.

Overall, probably not suitable for newcomers to the language.


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[CBFalconer]

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc-2.02/

That's specific to glibc. [ ... ]

Sorry for that mistake. It's not specific to glibc, but to DJGPP.

And he should look for at least version 2.03. 2.04 for the beta
package.

 

[stop]

That's specific to glibc. You might also try the link below. The section
on C explains the entire C99 standard library. There is also a short
description of the language.

<http://www.dinkumware.com/manuals/>

Also:

<http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/webmonkeys/book/c_guide/index.html>

Bear in mind that all these links are focused on the library part of the
C language. For a complete reference try /C: A Reference Manual/ by
Harbison & Steele.

The link that Op refers to is a good one page on C libarries. I was asked
yesterday why the arbitrary american would not read a one-page report that
had to do with something requisite to his job, and I couldn't really come up
with anything.

The above links are not for reading but reference. A couple good bookmarks
will do all the good.

A thousand points of light.

 

[santosh]

The link that Op refers to is a good one page on C libarries. I was
asked yesterday why the arbitrary american would not read a one-page
report that had to do with something requisite to his job, and I
couldn't really come up with anything.

The above links are not for reading but reference. A couple good
bookmarks will do all the good.

A thousand points of light.

I presume you were "Gerry Ford" earlier? And can you post the C source
for the Markov generator you are using for your "posts"?