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  • buda
    #1

    C Unleashed

    I'm thinking of buying the C Unleashed book and am wondering whether or not
    it is Standard conforming (I understand that it can't be up to the new
    Standard since it was published before the C99 Standard was - so what I'm
    asking is is it C90 conforming). I've read somewhere that it's recommended
    with reservations so I just want to check with you guys before buying it :)
    (I'm not in a position to browse the book myself, since no bookstore in my
    country actually holds it, and I have to order it which takes about a month)


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    • Christian Staudenmayer
      #2
      Re: C Unleashed

      On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:35:26 +0100
      "buda" <kulghan@hotmai l.com> wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I'm thinking of buying the C Unleashed book and am wondering whether or not
      > it is Standard conforming (I understand that it can't be up to the new
      > Standard since it was published before the C99 Standard was - so what I'm
      > asking is is it C90 conforming). I've read somewhere that it's recommended
      > with reservations so I just want to check with you guys before buying it :)
      > (I'm not in a position to browse the book myself, since no bookstore in my
      > country actually holds it, and I have to order it which takes about a month)
      >
      >[/color]

      I am in the same IRC-channel as one of the main authors of the book. Believe me, he's one of the people worried the most about conforming to the standard as closely as possibly. (I mean that in a positive way.)
      I Hope that helps.

      Greetings, Chris.


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        • buda
          #3
          Re: C Unleashed

          "Christian Staudenmayer" <cstaud@gmail.c om> wrote in message
          news:2004112214 1105.413a0a3f@w sl15.informatik .uni-ulm.de...[color=blue]
          > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:35:26 +0100
          > I am in the same IRC-channel as one of the main authors of the book.[/color]
          Believe me, he's one of the people worried the most about conforming to the
          standard as closely as possibly. (I mean that in a positive way.)

          It can't be a negative characteristic :) Thanks, it does help.


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            • Ben Pfaff
              #4
              Re: C Unleashed

              "buda" <kulghan@hotmai l.com> writes:
              [color=blue]
              > I'm thinking of buying the C Unleashed book and am wondering whether or not
              > it is Standard conforming (I understand that it can't be up to the new
              > Standard since it was published before the C99 Standard was - so what I'm
              > asking is is it C90 conforming). I've read somewhere that it's recommended
              > with reservations so I just want to check with you guys before buying it :)
              > (I'm not in a position to browse the book myself, since no bookstore in my
              > country actually holds it, and I have to order it which takes about a month)[/color]

              A lot of the authors are regulars here and I assure you that
              they're pretty careful about standard conformance. Also, the
              book came out in 2001, well after C99 was published, and thus
              much of the code is indeed intended to conform to C99, although
              I'm sure it depends on the author in question.

              (I am one of the authors but I don't receive royalties on sales.)
              --
              int main(void){char p[]="ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZab cdefghijklmnopq rstuvwxyz.\
              \n",*q="kl BIcNBFr.NKEzjwC IxNJC";int i=sizeof p/2;char *strchr();int putchar(\
              );while(*q){i+= strchr(p,*q++)-p;if(i>=(int)si zeof p)i-=sizeof p-1;putchar(p[i]\
              );}return 0;}

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                • Christopher Benson-Manica
                  #5
                  [OT] Re: C Unleashed

                  Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanfor d.edu> spoke thus:
                  [color=blue]
                  > (I am one of the authors but I don't receive royalties on sales.)[/color]

                  Well, if you're ever in the Atlanta area, I'll buy you a beer to make
                  up for it :)

                  --
                  Christopher Benson-Manica | I *should* know what I'm talking about - if I
                  ataru(at)cybers pace.org | don't, I need to know. Flames welcome.

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                    • Lawrence Kirby
                      #6
                      Re: C Unleashed

                      On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:38:45 +0100, buda wrote:
                      [color=blue]
                      > "Christian Staudenmayer" <cstaud@gmail.c om> wrote in message
                      > news:2004112214 1105.413a0a3f@w sl15.informatik .uni-ulm.de...[color=green]
                      >> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:35:26 +0100
                      >> I am in the same IRC-channel as one of the main authors of the book.[/color]
                      > Believe me, he's one of the people worried the most about conforming to the
                      > standard as closely as possibly. (I mean that in a positive way.)
                      >
                      > It can't be a negative characteristic :) Thanks, it does help.[/color]

                      One of the nice things is discovering how much you CAN do in standard C,
                      and do it clearly and efficiently.

                      Lawrence

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