mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) (03/06/91)
Greetings! After reading an article entitled "Common C errors" in the Nov. 1990 issue of UNIX World magazine, I've been trying to find books on C written by the same author. The credit at the end states that he is ``a noted author of numerous popular C books, a frequent lecturer, and also president of Ecosoft''. Anyway, his name is Jack Purdum, and I have yet to find a book written by him in any of our local book stores. I really liked his presentation style in the article and am hoping his books follow this trend of explaining C programming from the view of the compiler. Many thanks in advance! ~mitch _______________________________________________________________________________ mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1B1046 | (703) 695-0262 _______________________________________________________________________________ (cond ((lovep you (quote LISP)) (honk)) (t (return NIL))) -- ..mitch mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1B1046 | (703) 695-0262 ``A system without PERL is like a hockey game without a fight.'' -- Mitch Wright
mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) (03/06/91)
mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes: |After reading an article entitled "Common C errors" in the Nov. 1990 issue of |UNIX World magazine, I've been trying to find books on C written by the |same author. The credit at the end states that he is ``a noted author of |numerous popular C books, a frequent lecturer, and also president of |Ecosoft''. | |Anyway, his name is Jack Purdum, and I have yet to find a book written by Purdum's books [C PROGRAMMING GUIDE, C LIBRARY, and some others] are mostly to be found under the publisher QUE BOOKS. Purdum's a good choice for beginners, I especially remember his easy-to- understand chapter on arrays, pointers, and "char". -- Mark Brown IBM PSP Austin, TX. (512) 823-3741 VNET: MBROWN@AUSVMQ MAIL: mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com OR uunet!testsys.austin.ibm.com!mbrown The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from! DISCLAIMER: Any personal opinions stated here are just that.
tll@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) (03/07/91)
mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes: >Greetings! >After reading an article entitled "Common C errors" in the Nov. 1990 issue of >UNIX World magazine, I've been trying to find books on C written by the >same author. The credit at the end states that he is ``a noted author of >numerous popular C books, a frequent lecturer, and also president of >Ecosoft''. >Anyway, his name is Jack Purdum, and I have yet to find a book written by >him in any of our local book stores. I really liked his presentation style >in the article and am hoping his books follow this trend of explaining C >programming from the view of the compiler. The books that I have seen by Jack Purdum were published by QUE( Indianapolis). The last phone number I have on them is 800-428-5331. The books that I have of his are "C Programming Guide" and "C Programmer's Library". I highly recommend the first one if you are very new to C and found K&R a bit too overwelming. Then tackle K&R. I think the Guide is in its third edition. >Many thanks in advance! > ~mitch Your welcome. >_______________________________________________________________________________ > mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1B1046 | (703) 695-0262 >_______________________________________________________________________________ > (cond ((lovep you (quote LISP)) (honk)) (t (return NIL))) >-- > ..mitch > mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1B1046 | (703) 695-0262 > ``A system without PERL is like a hockey game without a fight.'' > -- Mitch Wright Tal Lancaster
jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) (03/07/91)
In article <MITCH.91Mar5134925@hq.af.mil> mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes: > >Anyway, his name is Jack Purdum, and I have yet to find a book written by >him in any of our local book stores. I really liked his presentation style >in the article and am hoping his books follow this trend of explaining C >programming from the view of the compiler. Maybe you should move ... :-) We have "C Programming Guide" which is in its third edition. Chapters are Introduction to C; C Data Types; Operators and Selection Statements; Loops; Function Prototypes; Storage Classes and Scope; Introduction to Pointers; Using Pointers Effectively; Structures, Unions, and Other Data Types; Disk File Operations; and the C Preprocessor. It's published by Que, lists for $24.95, has an ISBN of 0-88022-356-1 and the copyright date is 1988. Another book is "C Programmer's Toolkit" which includes a disk for Turbo C or Quick C. Chapters are Screen Functions; String Processing; Input Functions; Menuing Systems; Searching, Sorting, and Parsing; Time and Dates; Disk and Directory Control Functions; Working with Numbers; and Odds and Ends. Also published by Que, lists for $39.95, its ISBN is 0-88022-457-6 and the copyright date is 1989. Since they're published by Que, your local bookseller should be able to obtain them for you in a reasonable amount of time. Of course, we wouldn't turn your business away either ... :-) -- Public Access UNIX at +1 503 644-8135 (1200/2400) Voice: +1 503 646-8257 TECHbooks offers many technical books at discounted prices. E-mail to info@techbook.com or fax to +1 503 248-6320 for details.
smbrush@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (ANDREW BRUSH) (03/07/91)
In article <MITCH.91Mar5134925@hq.af.mil>, mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes... >Greetings! > >After reading an article entitled "Common C errors" in the Nov. 1990 issue of >UNIX World magazine, I've been trying to find books on C written by the >same author. The credit at the end states that he is ``a noted author of >numerous popular C books, a frequent lecturer, and also president of >Ecosoft''. > >Anyway, his name is Jack Purdum, and I have yet to find a book written by >him in any of our local book stores. I really liked his presentation style >in the article and am hoping his books follow this trend of explaining C >programming from the view of the compiler. > >Many thanks in advance! Jack Purdum Wrote "C Programming Guide", Que, 1983. Also, according to one instructor I had, he wrote the Eco-C compiler. BTW, the C programming Guide was my first C book, and I think it's pretty good. Andrew S. Brush | SMBRUSH@EARTH.lerc.nasa.gov Sverdrup Technology | 2001 Aerospace Parkway NASA LeRC Group | Brook Park, OH 44142 "Opinions are Mine, Only" | (216) 826-6770
noraa@cbnewsk.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer) (03/08/91)
In article <MITCH.91Mar5134925@hq.af.mil> mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes: >Greetings! > >After reading an article entitled "Common C errors" in the Nov. 1990 issue of >UNIX World magazine, I've been trying to find books on C written by the >same author. The credit at the end states that he is ``a noted author of >numerous popular C books, a frequent lecturer, and also president of >Ecosoft''. > >Anyway, his name is Jack Purdum, and I have yet to find a book written by >him in any of our local book stores. I really liked his presentation style >in the article and am hoping his books follow this trend of explaining C >programming from the view of the compiler. > >Many thanks in advance! > (cond ((lovep you (quote LISP)) (honk)) (t (return NIL))) > mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1B1046 | (703) 695-0262 > ``A system without PERL is like a hockey game without a fight.'' > -- Mitch Wright ti C programmer's library au Purdum, J.J. pu Indianapolis, Ind., Que Corporation 1984. 366p. su C language (Computer program language) au Leslie, T.C.; Stegemoller, A.L. isbn 0-88022-048-1 lccn 83-62490 ti C programming guide. au Purdum, J.J. pu Indianapolis, Ind., Que Corporation 1983. 250p. su C language (Computer program language) isbn 0-88022-022-8 lccn 83-42612 oclc 9425780 ti C self-study guide. au Purdum, J.J. pu Indianapolis, Ind., Que Corporation. 1985. 249p. su C language (Computer program language) b-no 411153F isbn 0-88022-149-6 oclc 12790605 ti C programming guide. 2d ed. au Purdum, Jack J. (Jack Jay) pu Indianapolis, Ind. : Que Corporation, 1985. 319p. su C language (Computer program language) isbn 0-88022-157-7 lccn 85-60689 oclc 12819701 ti C standard library / Jack Purdum [and] Timothy C. Leslie. au Purdum, Jack J., (Jack Jay) pu Indianapolis, Ind. : Que Corp., c1987. xx, 437 p. ; 24 cm. no Includes index. su C language (Computer program language) au Leslie, Timothy C. isbn 0-88022-279-4 lccn 86-62528 oclc 16411542 i C programming guide / Jack Purdum. 3rd ed. au Purdum, Jack J., (Jack Jay) pu Carmel, Ind. : Que Corp., 1988. xviii, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. su C language (Computer program language) isbn 0-88022-356-1 (pbk.) lccn 88-61496 oclc 18865012 ti Software development '88 : proceedings of Miller Freeman Publications' Software Development '88 Conference : San Francisco, Calif., February 17-19, 1988 / sponsored by Computer Language, AI Expert, and UNIX Review. co Software Development '88 Conference (1988 : San Francisco, Calif.) pu San Francisco, CA : Miller Freeman Publications, 1988. 450 p. re Browse call number: 005.1/S681d2 su Computer software--Development.; Software engineering.; Data base management.; C language (Computer program language); Computer program languages. isbn 0-87930-200-3 lccn 87-63289 ti Software development '89 : proceedings of Miller Freeman Publications' Software Development '89 Conference : Burlingame, Calif., February 14-17, 1989 / sponsored by Computer Language ... [et al.]. co Software Development '89 Conference (1989 : Burlingame, Calif.) pu San Francisco, CA : Miller Freeman Publications, 1989. 1 v. (loose-leaf) su Computer software--Development.; Software engineering.; Object-oriented programming (Computer science); C language (Computer program language) isbn 0-87930-216-X lccn 89-60296 ti C programmer's toolkit / Jack Purdum. au Purdum, Jack J., (Jack Jay) pu Carmel, IN : Que Corp., c1989. xvi, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + and 1 computer floppy disk (5 1/4 in.) in back pocket. no System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; C compiler; MS-DOS. "Covers Turbo C & QuickC"--Cover. Includes index. su C language (Computer program language) se Programming series isbn 0-88022-457-6 lccn 89-61069 oclc 21130331 Aaron L. Hoffmeyer TR@CBNEA.ATT.COM