[A89] Re: [OT] Anyone have any good books on C to reccomend?
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[A89] Re: [OT] Anyone have any good books on C to reccomend?
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:40:04 EDT, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 8/30/2002 10:47:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20
>goodsell@bridgernet.com writes:
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>> First, the question was for C books, not C++. Second, Schildt's books
>> are awful. If you think you learned something from one, you might =
want
>> to verify it using a real book (for C++ Stroustrup's "The C++
>> Programming Language" is your best bet). Go to Google groups and
>> search comp.lang.c for people's opinions on Schildt's books.
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>I am sorry, I wasn't paying attention. However, the first half of the =
book is=20
>on C, and there is a C:TCR as well.=20
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>Yes, I know the Jargon Files have a definition "Bullschildt" discribing =
how=20
>bad the book was, but the reviews I just read from the internet were all=
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>the older editions.
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I didn't know about the Bullschildt term (funny), but I doubt that
having a newer edition is very helpful. One of the main complaints
about Schildt is that he refuses to acknowledge or correct his
mistakes (and that he makes a lot of them).
This article about "C: The Complete Reference" was written by a member
of the C Standard committee::
"C: The Complete Nonsense":
http://herd.plethora.net/~seebs/c/c_tcr.html
Another member of the C Standard committee wrote this (about a
different Schildt book):
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html
The point is that Schildt is not a reliable source. This isn't a fault
in one or two of his books, but the man himself.
-Kevin
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