C++ Compiling Problems

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Sun May 22 16:04:23 UTC 2005


On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 11:19:15AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> >PS: if you want a book on C instead of C++, don't bother with anything but
> >the original book by the language's creators: C Programming Language by
> >Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. As I said before, C is an elegant and
> >small language, and this book is all you need.
> No, it's not.
> You also need a book that really tells you all about ANSI C.
> The K&R syntax has been obsolete for at least a decade.

I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. You don't want the *exact*
original book, you want the second edition (published 1988), which covers
(then draft, I believe, but basically the same) ANSI C.

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