[Coco] C Programming

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Make sure it is the first edition. The manual references as do some of the articles from the 
80's reference the first edition and if you have the second edition they do not match up page 
for page. 

I have the second edition and it is usable to understand what the C compiler is capable of. 

james

On 6 Feb 2010 at 14:20, Willard Goosey wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 01:59:43PM -0700, Ron Bihler wrote:
> > Can someone recommend a good site or book to use a tutorial and one that 
> > is close enough to the OS9 C that it is relevant?
> > It's been so long without use that I am pretty much starting from 
> > scratch on relearning. 
> 
> The Old Testament: _The C Programming Language_ by Brian W. Kernighan
> and Dennis M. Ritchie, First Edition.  This is exactly (except for a
> few ommisions and bugs) the language the compiler supports.
> 
> It's out of print, so look for it used.
> 
> Also:  The manual for the C compiler itself, and the docs for all the
> replacement programs and libraries for it.
> 
> Willard
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