Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 09:04:21 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Borland 16bit bcc vs cc/gcc (float) Message-ID: <199706012334.JAA16113@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199706012154.RAA32452@diazepam.gnu.ai.mit.edu> from Joel Ray Holveck at "Jun 1, 97 05:54:20 pm"
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Joel Ray Holveck stands accused of saying: > >I wonder if there would be any chance of shipping K&R 2ed in soft form > >with the system? It's my favoured reference 8) > > Really? I find that the items which I frequently need to refer to are > library calls, which aren't discussed in any great detail (where they > are discussed at all). Library calls are necessarily fairly system-specific; that's what manpages are for. The most commonly observed problems here are conceptual problems with the syntax and usage of the basic language. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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