On Fri, Dec 28, 2001, dman wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 09:31:36AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > | Gary Turner muttered: > | > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:11:33 -0500, Phil Beder wrote: > | > > | > >Where can I find a good, complete manual for C and C++ programming > | > >languages for the gcc compiler. > | > ... > | Kernighan and Ritchie is 'the' C book, > ... > > Be aware though that K&R is the old standard. Their book describes > "K&R C" which is very similar, but a bit different than ANSI C. > Still, K&R is a highly recommended reference by many people. (I don't > have it, but my friend's dad has an really old copy of it)
The second edition of the K&R book, which was published a number of years ago, was updated to comply with ANSI C, and even says so right on the cover :) > > I have "The Complete C++ Reference" by Schildt, and it includes a good > reference of the standard libraries as well as explaining the > languages. I never bought it, but some of my friends said that > "Pointers on C" by Ken Reek is good (he's a professor at RIT). > > -D I have "Pointers on C" and agree with your friends that it's quite good. Take care, Daniel -- Daniel A. Freedman Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics Department of Physics Cornell University
