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The problem with K&R is that is useless for building actual, working C applications. Even being up to date with the language's specs means very little as gettin
by Daishiman 7y ago
The problem with K&R is that is useless for building actual, working C applications. Even being up to date with the language's specs means very little as getting every different library up and running in each platform is a fairly high barrier, much more so than other platforms.
- pjc50 7y agoThe companion Kernighan and Pike is very good on building full Unix command line utilities. But yes, the platform learning process of getting to hello world can be remarkably hard.
- codeisawesome 7y agoI never thought of "The UNIX Programming Environment" and "The C Programming Language" as companion books. Thanks for opening my eyes to that.