From: Marius Nita <marius@cs.pdx.edu>
To: Adam Luchjenbroers <adam@luchjenbroers.com>
Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Type conversion
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:21:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020628092159.A22065@cs.pdx.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020628113938Z317144-685+266@vger.kernel.org>; from adam@luchjenbroers.com on Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 09:14:23PM +0930
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 09:14:23PM +0930, Adam Luchjenbroers wrote:
>
> > If you weren't aware of type casts, you probably need to get a book on
> > C.
>
> Is there a good book you could recommend.
K&R is pretty much the defacto standard for learning the language:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131103628/qid=1025280640/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-5246061-6069731
If you want a UNIX programming book in C:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201563177/qid=1025281187/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5246061-6069731
> > You can't realistically learn a language from a combination of
> > trial-and-error and asking questions on mailing lists. Primarily
> > because, for many of the things which you need to learn, you won't
> > realise that you need to learn them until you've learnt them.
>
> I've learned alot from various projects where I've worked with code already
> given to me and I've absorbed the techniques I've seen used. That said, there
> would still be many techniques I don't know.
Casting is a very fundamental concept. :) Also, learning things in the wrong
order could hurt you later. Read a book; it's a good thing.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-28 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-28 5:49 Type conversion Adam Luchjenbroers
2002-06-28 9:54 ` Glynn Clements
2002-06-28 11:44 ` Adam Luchjenbroers
2002-06-28 14:16 ` Suriya Narayanan M S
2002-06-29 11:09 ` Flavio de Ayra Mendes
2002-06-28 16:21 ` Marius Nita [this message]
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2002-06-29 13:30 Graydon Smith
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