Off topic C question

[Siegfried Gonzi]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> Oh, I'll back you up vociferously.  I learned C before I had
> access to a C compiler or computer that ran other than BASIC
> by reading K&R front to back, back to front, and eleven ways
> from Sunday. 

That is interesting. I had a friend (meanwhile I think he a professional
programmer) who made the same learning curve: learning C without the
assistance of a computer only due to K&R.

He was a very good programmer and did things in C which we only could
complete in IDL.


S. Gonzi