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I'm glad you got so much about how my book is written from a few paragraphs in an unfinished manuscript for it.

• hp 15y ago
  I was just going off on a generic tangent, obviously I don't know what your book will be like. Just talking about C since it's 1am and vaguely on-topic.
• anacrolix 15y ago
  On that note, I see you are going for real old fundamentals. puts() is in your _first_ example. While learning core library stuff is important for C, I think you should make sure to make absolutely NO reference to anything deprecated or mildly dangerous. After all, your book is for noobs, and we all want C to look good.
• speckledjim 15y ago
  You should stop thinking everyone is attacking you. I think you'd be happier. Really though, there's no content here. The fact it's been voted to #1 on hackernews shows just how bad things are. Items should be upvoted on their merit, rather than who did them. Someone writing another book about programming C isn't newsworthy.
  • thebooktocome 15y ago
    I don't really understand your comment. 1. The post is about Zed's draft; is it really so far of a leap to interpret hp's remarks as a criticism of the book? 2. Is this a fair paraphrase? "Everyone here isn't attacking you, also, your draft sucks and shouldn't have been posted on HN."
    • baha_man 15y ago
      ' Is this a fair paraphrase? "Everyone here isn't attacking you, also, your draft sucks and shouldn't have been posted on HN."' No, it's not. speckledjim is complaining that someone writing another book on C is not news, he doesn't say anything about the draft sucking.
      • thebooktocome 15y ago
        Implied by "Really though, there's no content here." Maybe they meant the comments, though.
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        • TWAndrews 15y ago
          I think he's referring to this topic, rather than the draft.
    • brown9-2 15y ago
      I think hp is making more of a comment about the general state of C books rather than this one.
    • speckledjim 15y ago
      1. I agree 2. He didn't post it someone else did, and no, I don't think it should have been posted.
  • rfrey 15y ago
    Someone writing another book about programming C isn't newsworthy However, "someone who wrote a ground-breaking introductory book in xyz modern-popular-hip language is turning his attention to C, of all things" is newsworthy.
    • speckledjim 15y ago
      I had to stop reading at "ground breaking". I'll assume you're being sarcastic and leave it at that :)
  • Goladus 15y ago
    If you know a really good beginner-oriented C programming book that is not K&R I would love to see it.
    • there 15y ago
      "practical c programming" is not bad: http://amzn.to/m6SOB5 http://amzn.to/m6SOB5
    • nonrecursive 15y ago
      I've really liked http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Modern-Approach-2nd/dp/0393979504/ref=pd_sim_b_12 http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Modern-Approach-2nd/dp/0...
• Confusion 15y ago
  He is not criticising you; he's criticising what others that undertook this kind of project have done.
• bonch 15y ago
  Hey, Zed, can you tell us all how much we're losers because we don't get as many blog post hits as you? The irony was a big hit last time.
  • jnburham 15y ago
    Reference: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/hhef3/in_which_zed_encounters_a_small_snag_with_fossil/c1vg347 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/hhef3/in_which_...
• brianmatter 15y ago
  hey, you don't know me or shite, but you're a fucking cool guy. probably the most generous dude i've ever not met. cheers!