fischer@blake.acs.washington.edu (Somasama) (06/05/90)
Hi! Because of lack of time, I am asking some embarassingly simple questions. Please e-mail me as this is possibly too simple. While reading through that classic book, "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, I came across these terms - multiprogramming, parallel operations, synchronization, and coroutines. These were mentioned in the introduction as constructions that C does not offer. Can anyone briefly define these things for me and let me know if either FORTRAN, or MODULA-2 offers these? Can anyone recommend a book that is more up-to-date ( I assume 1978 is an era before in the computer world ) ? Is there a later edition of Kernighan's than the old copy I have? What, if any, are the major changes to C from the time the above book was written in 1978? Please no C++ :) Thanks a Cillion Fischer.