"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Havoc Pennington wrote:
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| >
| > On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Michael Beattie wrote:
| > >
| > > Where is the documentation for C ? i.e. language help?
| > >
| > > I have a hard time remembering syntax and stuff.. :)
| > >
| >
| > You're best off just buying "The C Programming Language" (ANSI edition).
| > It isn't very expensive and the hardcopy is handy. There may be some free
| > stuff on the web though, try www.infoseek.com.
| >
| Hmm. I prefer Schildt's C the complete reference.
Don't ever go into comp.lang.c and say that! Most of the regulars in
that group would vehemently argue with you about even looking at
Schildt's book. It has several glaring errors and in a couple of
places doesn't even follow the ANSI standard (namely I understand he
uses "void main" a lot). Shoot, this topic has even garnered a place
in the comp.lang.c FAQ:
Excerpt from comp.lang.c FAQ, answer to question 11.2
The mistitled _Annotated ANSI C Standard_, with annotations by
Herbert Schildt, contains most of the text of ISO 9899; it is
published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-881952-0, and sells
in the U.S. for approximately $40. It has been suggested that
the price differential between this work and the official
standard reflects the value of the annotations: they are plagued
by numerous errors and omissions, and a few pages of the
Standard itself are missing. Many people on the net recommend
ignoring the annotations entirely. A review of the annotations
("annotated annotations") by Clive Feather can be found on the
web at http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html .
| Is there any compiler-specific documentation (esp wrt to graphics and
| low-level hardware/system stuff)?
Sorry, maybe someone else can help you with this. Certainly the man
pages are of great use as references.
Gary
