Re: C help please - C newbie

"Chris Hills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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sorry, i seldom see standard c programs that do any real work.  most are
full of platform specific types, inline compiler, link, or source control
commands, inline assembler, etc.

also, many c compilers have an option to allow k&r syntax.

in a perfect world, all c code would conform to the latest ISO.

actually, in a perfect world we probably would not be writing programs in c.
:)

however, you do make a good point that the k&r book is probably not a good
transition text from assembler languages to c.  the authors of the book
disliked assembler and actually developed c so that they wouldn't have to
use their assemblers.

-bryan


> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bryan
> Bullard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >
> >"Chris Hills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >chris,
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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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