Modern C, Second Edition

Re:Modern C, Second Edition by afroisalreadyin on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @02:59PM (#21008741)

I would second 21st Century C, it's an excellent book. It has a very pragmatic approach, skipping features like unions that are not used in modern C, but going into great detail on the important things like memory management.

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Re:Modern C, Second Edition by feanaro on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:27AM (#21013814)

Huh? Since when are unions not used in modern C? Tagged unions are a really common pattern in language interpreters. What are they supposed to be replaced with?

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Re:Modern C, Second Edition by flukus on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:20PM (#21011957)

Thirded, especially on the pragmatism, this by far the most pragmatic programming book I've ever read. I fell in love with the C as a scripting language parts (https://github.com/RhysU/c99sh), now I don't have much of a use for a scripting language to sit between bash and "proper language" (apart from some occasional awk).

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Re:Modern C, Second Edition by RhysU on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:15AM (#21015426)

Glad it has been of use!

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Re:Modern C, Second Edition by armitron on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:22AM (#21013516)

Read the reviews on Amazon. It's not a good book, the author makes embarrassing mistakes to the point where you start questioning his programming knowledge.

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Re:Modern C, Second Edition by psibi on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:17AM (#21013766)

For others, this is the review that the OP seems to be speaking about: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3IQKSK19FIEI5?re...

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