OT: Programming in C

[Da Rock]

On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 09:39 -0600, Robin Laing wrote:
> max bianco wrote:
> > I want to learn C and I know there are quite a few programmers on this
> > list.  I am looking for a couple of good books on learning C. I am not
> > exactly a beginner but I am no expert and i would like to start going
> > over everything from scratch.  So if I could get some referrals to a
> > couple of books I would greatly appreciate it. I am looking for a good
> > thorough beginners guide to C and also something for the intermediate
> > programmer as I expect to get through the former in fairly short
> > order. I ultimately will be directing my efforts at kernel hacking. As
> > always , any advice and or opinion is gratefully received.
> > 
> > Max
> > 
> 
> I took a C course ages ago and I am trying to refresh my memory.  I have 
> found many tutorials on C on the web.  I am going through some of them 
> now.  I have already found a few that have errors in their examples or 
> examples that are incomplete.  Also, when searching, many of the results 
> would return C++ links instead of C links.
> 

Could you post some of those web tutorials?

> As I am using Linux and gcc, I want to focus on using these tools.  I 
> had Turbo C but it was a Windows 3.1 version.
> 
> I need to learn C for working with microcontrollers for a few projects 
> that I that I am now working on.
> 
> Now to dig through my boxes of books and find my C books, if I still 
> have them.
> 
> Also, if you are going to use gcc, then look at the man pages for 
> compiler flags and linking libraries.  I came across this yesterday when 
> I was looking for a lint program.  Also you and type in man 3 {function} 
> to get more information on that function.
> 
>    man 3 cos
> 

Thats good to know. I'm starting to get into this myself (when I can
scratch up some time... :) ), so it'll give me soemwhere to look.
Someone mentioned it elsewhere, but I didn't realise it was that easy,
or the man category to look for.

Cheers