[Coco] C Programming

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 06 February 2010, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
>Make sure it is the first edition. The manual references as do some of the
> articles from the 80's reference the first edition and if you have the
> second edition they do not match up page for page.
>
>I have the second edition and it is usable to understand what the C
> compiler is capable of.
>
If you can read it, my copy of the second edition suffers from the litho 
plates 'going blind' in places.

>james
>
>On 6 Feb 2010 at 14:20, Willard Goosey wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 01:59:43PM -0700, Ron Bihler wrote:
>> > Can someone recommend a good site or book to use a tutorial and one
>> > that is close enough to the OS9 C that it is relevant?
>> > It's been so long without use that I am pretty much starting from
>> > scratch on relearning.
>>
>> The Old Testament: _The C Programming Language_ by Brian W. Kernighan
>> and Dennis M. Ritchie, First Edition.  This is exactly (except for a
>> few ommisions and bugs) the language the compiler supports.
>>
>> It's out of print, so look for it used.
>>
>> Also:  The manual for the C compiler itself, and the docs for all the
>> replacement programs and libraries for it.
>>
>> Willard
>
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