Re: C help please - C newbie

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Balmer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On 18 Nov 2003 12:51:15 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I'm reasonably sure there's not a single textbook on C that comes
>>anywhere close to really covering C95.
>
>Do you mean C99? Harbison and Steele, "C - A Reference Manual" does a
>good job of covering (and comparing) all versions of the standard, and
>pre-standard C. I would not recommend it to a beginner, but it's a
>good reference book, especially as compilers are becoming more C99
>compliant.

Do note there are several versions still in print. I have the forth
edition which is  dated 95 and does cover the standard as used in most
compilers. The later edition covers C99

Many regard this as the successor to K&R

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