Re: C help please - C newbie

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:23:55 +0000, Chris Hills wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>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.

For example?

> 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....

And how would other C tutorial books would avoid this problem? They
seem to pretty much universally assume a console.

Any why did you have such an incompetent newbie working on the project
anyway? Do they take people fresh out of their first C programming course
and throw them on small embedded systems where you work? Sounds like you
guys must do really high quality stuff...