🚀 go-pugleaf

Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:54:47 GMT, the renowned "CyBorg 0091"
><non@no.na> wrote:
>
>>Not helpfull information.
>
>comp.lang.c is just about useless for a beginner unless your sole
>interest is in rigid conformance to the ISO/ANSI standard. It's not

But of course every beginner *should* be exceedingly interested
in exactly what "rigid conformance to the ISO/ANSI standard" is,
and hence comp.lang.c is a wonderful source of extremely good
information.  Google is a beginner's friend...  (and an old
timer's best friend).

>about programming or algorithms or for discussion of compiler quirks
>*at all*. 

It doesn't teach beginners to use editors, how to sit correctly
in a chair, or how to build a house to put their computer in
either.  Is that wrong?

>If you're really interested in the language as defined in the
>standard, you can get the same information, minus the attitude (which
>can be devastating for newcomers who have yet to grow a skin) by
>picking up a copy (PDF if you like) of the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.
>It's not very expensive. 

It's $18, last I knew.  But the understanding that Chris Torek
or Larry Kirby are willing to provide for free, is priceless.

>Also look for lists devoted to the compiler(s) you are interested in. 

Next to c.l.c, the next most useful newsgroup would be one devoted
to the particular platform (that is, a C implementation on a given
computer), though in some cases just a programming group for the
OS will do.  Examples are, for Linux, the various comp.os.linux.*
groups, and more generally for a unix OSs, comp.unix.programmer.
There are similar groups for Mac's, Windows, etc.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson           <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                         floyd@barrow.com