[comp.lang.c] ANSI C book

martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) (06/27/90)

In article <732@nixbur.UUCP> jobrien@nixbur.uunet (John O'Brien) writes:
:In article <364@ankh.ftl.fl.us> chin@ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) writes:
:>Where can I find a book about ANSI C that gives me explicit diffs between
:>it and K&R C. Also, it would be nice that the book lists such ANSI 
:
:The best I've seen, while not perfect, is "C: A Reference Manual", by
:Harbison and Steele, published by Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-109802-0.
:
:"Portable C", also by Prentice Hall, Rabinowitz and Schaap, ISBN 
:0-13-685967-4.
:
:			Hope this helps,

Take a look at "STANDARD C" by P.J. Plauger & Jim Brodie. It's
not only affordable (US $7.95) but comprehensive and readable.
The chapter which explains differences between ANSI-C and K&R C
is rather short - but if you take into consideration that ANSI
C tried not to break working code, this is sufficient. (Of course,
ANSI-C identified many of the "grey areas" which were contained
in K&R C. So, you should have good knowledge of K&R C or read the
whole book, to understand all the implications of ANSI-C).
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Martin Weitzel, email: martin@mwtech.UUCP, voice: 49-(0)6151-6 56 83