Re: Learning C and C++

[skates.gsfc.nasa.gov!bambam.gsfc.nasa.gov!nbssal@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Step he Leake)]

In article <738497688.6331@minster.york.ac.uk> mjl-b@minster.york.ac.uk writes:

>For my next job, I'll be working in C and possibly C++ (no flames, please).
>Can anyone recommend some good books on both for someone who has a Pascal
>and Ada background?

I've found "C, A Reference Manual" by Harbison & Steele, Third Edition, to be a
s
good as the Ada LRM. That is, if you REALLY want to know what the syntax is 
supposed to mean (as defined by ANSI), you can find out here. It also goes 
into some of the history of why ANSI C still has some of the bad things C does;
at least you get some understanding, if not relief.

Stephen Leake	NASA Goddard Robotics Lab
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