arnold@gatech.UUCP (01/23/84)
Guy Harris (rlgvax!guy) would like to see the C reference manual re-issued.
I would like to see the second edition of "The C Programming Language" by
K&R published. Are they working on it by chance? If so, it would be a great
chance to clarify ALL the things that keep showing up here in net.lang.c
(and net.unix-wizards), once and for all. I *know* that people at Bell Labs,
including the folks at ..!research are on the net and can get net.lang.c w/out
any trouble. Us poor users should be able to get info straight from
the horses' mouth (so to speak, neither K nor R are horses, it's just
a cliche), instead of having to go and see what this or that compiler does.
How about it research!K&R? A 1978 book (probably written 1977) is
simply too outdated for the mid-1980's. Have some pity on us. We really
love C and Unix; help us out! K&R is still the standard, it should be updated
to reflect the real world and fix problems with the first edition.
(On a cynical note: I bet Prentice-Hall would love it also! C books
go for about $20 a shot around here)
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