Off topic C question

phil hunt philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Apr 9 11:12:46 EDT 2002


On Tue, 09 Apr 2002 10:06:01 +0200, Siegfried Gonzi <siegfried.gonzi at kfunigraz.ac.at> wrote:
>Laura Creighton wrote:
>>  However, if your real goal is
>> to hack C, and all the above is just one misused word -- you want
>> K & R.  Everybody wants K & R.  
>
>Not really. This book is really,really boring.

I disagree. K&R has a mixture of clarity and concision that makes 
it a delight to read.

IMO, anyone for whom K&R isn't to their taste, probably won't make a 
very good programmer anyway.

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