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Date:      Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:38:00 +0330
From:      "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@adempiere.org>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de
Subject:   Re: Mentor for C self study wanted
Message-ID:  <20071025223800.6c574944@attila>
In-Reply-To: <20071025112715.baa0768f.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <200710232324.09851.h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> <200710251502.l9PF209C064013@lurza.secnetix.de> <20071025112715.baa0768f.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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On 2007-10-25 Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>:
> 
> > Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> >  > 
> >  > #include <stdio.h>
> >  > 
> >  > void main()
> > 
> > That's not a C program.  :-)
> > 
> > The return value of the main function of a valid C program
> > must be int.  And of course, your main function should
> > end with "return 0;" or "exit(0);" (the latter requires
> > "#include <stdlib.h>" at the top).
> > 
> > By the way, I recommend you get a copy of the C standard
> > and use it for reference.  You can buy a digital copy (PDF)
> > at  http://webstore.ansi.org/  (Search for "9899-1999"),
> > it's $30.  Alternatively ask Google for "C99 draft" to get
> > a free copy of a draft of the standard, which isn't very
> > different from the final standard.
> > 
> > You can also buy a hardcopy of the standard (i.e. a book),
> > but it was ~ $300 last time I looked.
> 
> If we're recommending books, I can't say enough good things
> about the Kernighan and Richie C book:
> http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Language-2nd/dp/0131103628/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-1904293-7155604?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193326006&sr=1-2
> 
No doubt the most valuable book on programming I've ever read.  Not
only it teaches programming but also a style of thinking and designing.

-- 
Bahman Movaqar

You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
-Bertolt Brecht



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