Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 00:29:10 -0400 From: Kurt Hackenberg <kh@panix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minimal skills Message-ID: <0e2c7ffb-b918-688b-aad9-52fa25e7cb1f@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <20200605062349.461e1e66.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CY4PR19MB01041DACEFFEF08ADB096BC3F9890@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <CY4PR19MB0104DC7541A2154B5C435EA7F9890@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200604074134.89eb6518.freebsd@edvax.de> <CY4PR19MB0104A2C03F4D66A1DA251A23F9880@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200604005859.ca438474.freebsd@edvax.de> <CY4PR19MB0104C290121BF756D57B2DDBF9880@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200604020051.0c02472d.freebsd@edvax.de> <CY4PR19MB0104DD86F8FE6446AD1BF327F9890@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200604074134.89eb6518.freebsd@edvax.de> <CY4PR19MB0104DC7541A2154B5C435EA7F9890@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <CY4PR19MB01041DACEFFEF08ADB096BC3F9890@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <CY4PR19MB0104145694B8484F3AC9FB7EF9860@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200605062349.461e1e66.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2020-06-05 00:23, Polytropon wrote: > You don't do anything wrong by reading older C books like > the original K&R, but don't assume that the language and > its usage hasn't changed. Newer books will surely be written > with ANSI C and newer standards in mind. The second edition of K&R includes ANSI C, finalized in 1989. What it doesn't have is the stuff added in 1999. I don't recommend the first edition of that book. That's too far back in the past.
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