Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!mcnc!idis!dan From: dan@idis.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: new Byte on C Message-ID: <223@idis.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Aug-83 02:57:51 EDT Article-I.D.: idis.223 Posted: Thu Aug 4 02:57:51 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Aug-83 04:22:08 EDT References: floyd.1874 Lines: 17 Many people don't distinguish between the C language and the standard UNIX C language subroutine library. I have even heard the complaint that since the Whitesmith's C compiler doesn't come with a UNIX like standard I/O library, it isn't real C. I don't agree. C is for loops and statement braces and pointers and structures. Contrary to popular notions, there is no C language write statment called "printf." Did you ever wonder how many years of UNIX and C Language experience most of the authors of the recent avalanche of UNIX/C books have? I have heard the claim that programmers don't write good manuals. If this is true, the supposedly good writers that are busy writing about C may not know very much about the subject. Murphy strikes again. Dan Strick University of Pittsburgh [decvax!mcnc]!idis!dan