Re: C help please - C newbie

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bryan
Bullard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
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>"Chris Hills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>chris,
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>i can respectfully acknowledge you're point of view.  however, i and many
>others believe the k&r book is still valid for learning simply because all
>the concepts are plainly stated and explained. it is an easily and quickly
>digestible text.
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>also, i will remind you that off all the c code out there a relatively small
>percentage of it adheres to C90+.


Most adheres to C90+  Some now almost C99.  Certainly all the compilers
are somewhere between C95 and C99.  Many of the things in K&R are not
permitted in many coding standards etc.

There are also many better books for learning C especially fro some one
coming from an assembly background  to embedded c.

I have seen the effect of a K&R taught programmer coming to grips with
an embedded project... wanted to use sdterr and printf to hard disk for
debugging on an 8-bit smart card....

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