Re: C Book?

Alan Lehotsky <qsmgmt@earthlink.net>
17 Nov 2001 00:37:59 -0500

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From: Alan Lehotsky <qsmgmt@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 17 Nov 2001 00:37:59 -0500
Organization: Quality Software Management
References: 01-11-071 01-11-080
Keywords: C, books
Posted-Date: 17 Nov 2001 00:37:59 EST

"Dave H" <qnx@silvercode.net> wrote:


> I would say that "The C Programming Language" by K&R is still one of the
> best. At my jobs, almost all developers have a copy on their desks.
>
> - Dave
> Steve Canoodt <stevenc@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
> > Hi, I am new to Compilers and will be debugging a pre compiler (
> > target c )for a company I work for. I want to know what is the
> > standard book for C generally used by the compiler writers.




Well, the obvious answer to that question should have been


      American National Standard for Information Systems -
      Programming Language C, ANSI X3.159-1989 (Or its ISO C equivalent)
      (actually, you should really have the 9x version, not the
      original...)


and my expanded list would include


        Harbison & Steele's "C: A Reference Manual"


      Plaugher: "The Standard C Library"


K&R is absolutely USELESS to a compiler writer! (And I say this as
someone with over 20 years of compiler implementation experience!)
It is however still a simple concise introduction to the C language.


Al


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