A89: Re: tigcc - some REAL routines this time
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A89: Re: tigcc - some REAL routines this time
> I too have read this famed book and disagree with you. It is not an
> introduction for programming C, it is an introduction to _implementing_ C.
> A good read for programmers as well, but its main purpose, and that of its
> forerunner, (1st edition) was to explain what C was supposed to do, and
how
> it should be done.
Yes, that's true - but everytime I see someone asking how to learn see on
comp.lang.c, they always recommend K&R2 - I don't really find that much of a
good guide for beginners; you really need to understand what algorithms
they're using. Understanding the section with their hash function gave me a
really hard time for a while, even though I found the rest of the book easy,
solely because I've never seen such an implementation before (but I like
it).
Then again, that group as a whole is one of the most arrogant I've seen on
usenet - someone makes a mistake in their code and asks for a correction and
they get flamed. Ask a question without any code and they all think it's
homework. Ask about C++ or a specific implementation, and rather than
politely recommending you go to another group they flame you for not
focusing solely on ANSI C.
Actually, let me pose a question: Is C a subset of C++? In comp.lang.c
they're always very quick to insist that it is NOT, because not all C
compiles under C++. On the other hand, I was in a bookstore yesterday and
looked up Bjorn Stroustroup's _The C++ Programming Language, 3rd Edition_
where he states that it is. Now I'm confused =)
-Scott
(54% of WinLinux 2000 downloaded - call me a lamer, but I want to fool with
it a bit before I start fooling with my partitions. And downloading 142 MB
over a 26.4 kbps modem is NOT fun - estimated 15+ hours total)
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