C Book from comp.lang.c !!!

[Paul]

Friends,

I invite your opinion on a notion to come up with a book on C, a free
download, authored by regular visitors to comp.lang.c. I am not
betting on this but, I feel this book will be different and can be a
good resource to all those C programmers, since it's from programmers
(I don't mean, rest or not). Yes there are several books on C, but
perspectives are different, so do this one. Please share your
thoughts. TIA.

Regards,
-Paul.

 

[Ben Pfaff]

I invite your opinion on a notion to come up with a book on C, a free
download, authored by regular visitors to comp.lang.c. I am not
betting on this but, I feel this book will be different and can be a
good resource to all those C programmers, since it's from programmers
(I don't mean, rest or not). Yes there are several books on C, but
perspectives are different, so do this one. Please share your
thoughts. TIA.

I thought we already did that a few years ago and it was called
_C Unleashed_. It's not free though.

 

[Martin Ambuhl]

Friends,

I invite your opinion on a notion to come up with a book on C, a free
download, authored by regular visitors to comp.lang.c. I am not
betting on this but, I feel this book will be different and can be a
good resource to all those C programmers, since it's from programmers
(I don't mean, rest or not). Yes there are several books on C, but
perspectives are different, so do this one. Please share your
thoughts. TIA.

It's been done.
See <URL:http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton/unleashed/>.
Scan the author list for comp.lang.c regulars, past and present:
* Richard Heathfield
* Lawrence Kirby
* Dann Corbit
* Chad Dixon
* Brett Fishburne
* Scott Fluhrer
* Sam Hobbs
* Ian Kelly
* Jack Klein
* Mike Lee
* Ben Pfaff
* Peter Seebach
* Steve Summit
* Mathew Watson
* Stephan Wilms
* Ian Woods
* Mike Wright

 

[CBFalconer]

I thought we already did that a few years ago and it was called
_C Unleashed_. It's not free though.

Does anyone know what happened to Richard Heathfield?

 

[sathya_me]

It's been done.
See <URL:http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton/unleashed/>.
Scan the author list for comp.lang.c regulars, past and present:
* Richard Heathfield
* Lawrence Kirby
* Dann Corbit
* Chad Dixon
* Brett Fishburne
* Scott Fluhrer
* Sam Hobbs
* Ian Kelly
* Jack Klein
* Mike Lee
* Ben Pfaff
* Peter Seebach
* Steve Summit
* Mathew Watson
* Stephan Wilms
* Ian Woods
* Mike Wright

*Kaz Kylheku

--
"Combination is the heart of chess"
A.Alekhine
Mail to:
sathyashrayan25 AT yahoo DOT com
(remove the AT and DOT)

 

[Dan Pop]

I thought we already did that a few years ago and it was called
_C Unleashed_. It's not free though.

And it was not submitted to peer review on c.l.c before being published,
so it cannot be, in any way, associated with the newsgroup.

Dan

 

[Dan Pop]

Does anyone know what happened to Richard Heathfield?

Search his last post(s) in the archives.

Dan

 

[Dan Pop]

I invite your opinion on a notion to come up with a book on C, a free
download, authored by regular visitors to comp.lang.c. I am not
betting on this but, I feel this book will be different and can be a
good resource to all those C programmers, since it's from programmers
(I don't mean, rest or not). Yes there are several books on C, but
perspectives are different, so do this one. Please share your
thoughts. TIA.

This newsgroup's FAQ qualifies as such a book. Check the Acknowledgements
section.

Dan

 

[Joona I Palaste]

*Kaz Kylheku

If we ever do such a book again, I want to participate too. I don't know
yet what I should write about, but I think I know C fairly well, even
though I've never written a major application entirely in C. Perhaps a
joint effort with some other writer?

 

[Randy Howard]

I thought we already did that a few years ago and it was called
_C Unleashed_. It's not free though.

I would think that the FAQ sort of falls into that category as well,
although much briefer (and easier to carry in the backback).

 

[Dan Pop]

If we ever do such a book again, I want to participate too. I don't know
yet what I should write about, but I think I know C fairly well, even
though I've never written a major application entirely in C. Perhaps a
joint effort with some other writer?

The (main) point of a book like "C Unleashed" is not to be a C
tutorial, but to provide some insights from the experience of its
authors as C programmers.

Without any *significant* experience as a C programmer, there is little
you could contribute to such a book (except for the foreword and the
general typesetting work).

Dan

 

[Joona I Palaste]

The (main) point of a book like "C Unleashed" is not to be a C
tutorial, but to provide some insights from the experience of its
authors as C programmers.

Without any *significant* experience as a C programmer, there is little
you could contribute to such a book (except for the foreword and the
general typesetting work).

Maybe I could persuade the folks over at comp.lang.java.programmer to
write a book called "Java Unleashed". I think I have significant
experience as a Java programmer, because I've been programming
professionally in Java for five years, and people have generally been
pleased with my code.

 

[Dan Pop]

Maybe I could persuade the folks over at comp.lang.java.programmer to
write a book called "Java Unleashed". I think I have significant
experience as a Java programmer, because I've been programming
professionally in Java for five years, and people have generally been
pleased with my code.

That's an entirely different issue. Good luck!

Dan

 

[name]

Search his last post(s) in the archives.

Dan

9 April, 2004, in response to a thread on ASCII.

 

[Fao, Sean]

9 April, 2004, in response to a thread on ASCII.

A post about a keyboard? Some how I don't think that's what Dan Pop was
referring to. On that note, I too searched the archives and I couldn't
find anything that indicated where he went. It just looks like he fell
off the face of the planet.

 

[Tim Hagan]

A post about a keyboard? Some how I don't think that's what Dan Pop was
referring to. On that note, I too searched the archives and I couldn't
find anything that indicated where he went. It just looks like he fell
off the face of the planet.

See his "Strangely Placed" post of 12 May 2004.

 

[Fao, Sean]

See his "Strangely Placed" post of 12 May 2004.

Well, Sherlock, it looks like the investigation work is all done ;-).
Sheesh, you guys made it sound like something horrible happened!

 

[name]

See his "Strangely Placed" post of 12 May 2004.

Aha. Was not aware of his aliases.

Thanks!

 

[Keith Thompson]

See his "Strangely Placed" post of 12 May 2004.

<http://groups.google.com/[email protected]>

(It's hard to find because he didn't use his real name in the headers.)

 

[Kelsey Bjarnason]

[snips]

The (main) point of a book like "C Unleashed" is not to be a C
tutorial, but to provide some insights from the experience of its
authors as C programmers.

Perhaps, then, what we need *is* a decent tutorial. We've already got
excellent references - but how many actually usable books are there that
start you off with "Hello world" and work on up?