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This is the reason they gave to avoid it: Too many factual problems and a presentation that gets you to do things wrongly before being shown how to do it corre
by zouhair 10y ago
This is the reason they gave to avoid it:
Too many factual problems and a presentation that gets you to do things wrongly before being shown how to do it correctly, and not even always then.[0]
[0]: http://www.iso-9899.info/wiki/Main_Page#Stuff_that_should_be_avoided http://www.iso-9899.info/wiki/Main_Page#Stuff_that_should_be...
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoYeah, but this is ##c: when they say "factual problems," they mean that at some point Zed said that a function took an array as an argument, or that the book didn't match up to the letter of the C standard. And "doing things wrong" means not checking the return value of every single syscall you use.
- mixedCase 10y ago>And "doing things wrong" means not checking the return value of every single syscall you use. There are people who think not checking every syscall is a good idea?
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoNo, of course not, but they're a bit extreme about it.
- zouhair 10y agoI was just stating a fact, regardless of its actual validity.