Minimal skills

Kurt Hackenberg kh at panix.com
Fri Jun 5 04:29:14 UTC 2020


On 2020-06-05 00:23, Polytropon wrote:

> You don't do anything wrong by reading older C books like
> the original K&R, but don't assume that the language and
> its usage hasn't changed. Newer books will surely be written
> with ANSI C and newer standards in mind.
The second edition of K&R includes ANSI C, finalized in 1989. What it 
doesn't have is the stuff added in 1999.

I don't recommend the first edition of that book. That's too far back in 
the past.


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