where to go after k&r

[Shostakovich3]

Hey, I just finished k&r and I'm just wondering where I could find some
C problems to improve my coding. I've been working on a few programs
(e.g. a program that decrypts a file encrypted with the caesar cipher
and a breakout clone using allegro), but I'm interested in ways to
improve my coding.

 

[Peteris Krumins]

Hey, I just finished k&r and I'm just wondering where I could find some
C problems to improve my coding. I've been working on a few programs
(e.g. a program that decrypts a file encrypted with the caesar cipher
and a breakout clone using allegro), but I'm interested in ways to
improve my coding.

Get a book "Code Reading The Open Source Perspective".

Publisher : Addison Wesley
ISBN : 0-201-79940-5


P.Krumins

 

[Michael Mair]

Hey, I just finished k&r and I'm just wondering where I could find some
C problems to improve my coding. I've been working on a few programs
(e.g. a program that decrypts a file encrypted with the caesar cipher
and a breakout clone using allegro), but I'm interested in ways to
improve my coding.

Find a nice _small_ open source project, contribute.
Sourceforge.net may be one of many addresses to start looking.

I also recommend the book "C Unleashed" as advanced reading. The
names of some authors will be known to you, if you read comp.lang.c
regularly.

Cheers
Michael

 

[CBFalconer]

Hey, I just finished k&r and I'm just wondering where I could find
some C problems to improve my coding. I've been working on a few
programs (e.g. a program that decrypts a file encrypted with the
caesar cipher and a breakout clone using allegro), but I'm
interested in ways to improve my coding.

Try "The Practice of Programming" by Kernighan & White.

 

[Robert Gamble]

Try "The Practice of Programming" by Kernighan & White.

White? Do you mean Kernighan and Pike?

Robert Gamble

 

[CBFalconer]

White? Do you mean Kernighan and Pike?

Yup. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Default User]

Hey, I just finished k&r and I'm just wondering where I could find
some C problems to improve my coding. I've been working on a few
programs (e.g. a program that decrypts a file encrypted with the
caesar cipher and a breakout clone using allegro), but I'm interested
in ways to improve my coding.

At this stage, I'd look to move beyond the sort of short programs and
questions that are found in a book like K&R. I suggest finding a
reasonable-sized program that you can write from scratch and get to do
what you want.

My "training" program was a text-adventure game of the Zork type. This
taught me a lot, although I made many mistakes along the way. The best
idea is to find something that interests you.




Brian