Re: C help please - C newbie

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bryan
Bullard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
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>"Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>get a copy of K&Rs The C Programming Language. 

Do NOT get a copy of K&R

> do all the exercises.
Do NOT do the exercises

>  many
>people agree that though the book was written in the seventies, it's still
>the best book for students and professional reference.

Not it is NOT. K&R was written for desktop/ Unix programmers in 1978

K&R SECOND edition was in 1988 the year before the ANSI C standard (C90)
and two years before the ISO C standard C90.

Most embedded compilers adhear to C90+ the TC's and Amendment A1....
Effectively C95. 

So K&R is well out of date. There are many better books available for C
programmers doing embedded work.  What sort of targets are you looking
at?

See the book reviews at 
www.accu.org 

This is a C programmers web site with reviews of over 3000 books.  NB
the ACCU does not sell books

Regards
        Chris

PS, just for the record I do have a copy of K&R (2nd ed) but I would not
use it to learn from. 

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