try Teach Yourself C in 24 hours not the 24 hours part though ;) -- but if you do you may need a pot of coffee andy ps any interest in the book and i can put it on http://www.piclist.com/techref/auction.asp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Thompson" To: Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: 'C Programming Language' book > From Dale Botkin (on Saturday, May 19): > > My suggestion would be to read the K&R book first, THEN your compiler > > documentation. If you're just learning C, a lot of the compiler docs may > > not make a lot of sense -- they are probably assuming, at least to some > > degree, that you already know what you're doing. > > harbison & steele's C reference manual is MUCH, MUCH better > than k&r. it includes everything k&r does, but also has lots > of explanations of why it got that way and when all the exceptions > come into play. since steele at least was an active member of the > ansi C committee, it is just as authoritative as K&R but much more > readable, and with much more information. if you're a hacker type > at least, guy steele's prose is a joy to read, and if you've read > anything else by him (check out the common lisp book =) you know he > leaves no stone unturned. > > no, i'm not selling my copy either, but learning C for a beginner is > hard enough without starting on k&r. > > nick > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.