From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Nita Subject: Re: Type conversion Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:21:59 -0700 Sender: linux-c-programming-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20020628092159.A22065@cs.pdx.edu> References: <20020628054419Z317059-685+171@vger.kernel.org> <15644.12899.635930.540711@cerise.nosuchdomain.co.uk> <20020628113938Z317144-685+266@vger.kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020628113938Z317144-685+266@vger.kernel.org>; from adam@luchjenbroers.com on Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 09:14:23PM +0930 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Adam Luchjenbroers Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org 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. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html