At 09:20 12/21/98 +0000, Lawrence Lile wrote:
>OK, I keep hearing about ANSI C.  Does anyone have a suggestion as to
>how to find out what ANSI C is?  Is the ANSI (American National
>Standards Institute)  definition of C useful in learning the stuff?
>Or would this just be a waste of time?

i'd say it is interesting to know when you want to participate in the
respective discussions, but otherwise you're better off knowing your
specific compiler(s) and their ANSI/non-ANSI features, especially in the
microcontroller area. ANSI is especially important when you want to know
about portability, but since most microcontroller environments require some
non-ANSI extensions of the language, it is of limited use here anyway.

for learning, the book by kernighan&ritchie was most useful to me.

ge