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C Book? stevenc@rediffmail.com (Steve Canoodt) (2001-11-11) |
Re: C Book? qnx@silvercode.net (Dave H) (2001-11-14) |
Re: C Book? andrew@blueoffice.com (Andrew Wilson) (2001-11-14) |
Re: C Book? qsmgmt@earthlink.net (Alan Lehotsky) (2001-11-17) |
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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