Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!awdprime!testsys.austin.ibm.com!mbrown From: mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Author of a C book Message-ID: <5752@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 5 Mar 91 22:34:14 GMT References: Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Organization: IBM AWD, Austin Lines: 20 mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes: |After reading an article entitled "Common C errors" in the Nov. 1990 issue of |UNIX World magazine, I've been trying to find books on C written by the |same author. The credit at the end states that he is ``a noted author of |numerous popular C books, a frequent lecturer, and also president of |Ecosoft''. | |Anyway, his name is Jack Purdum, and I have yet to find a book written by Purdum's books [C PROGRAMMING GUIDE, C LIBRARY, and some others] are mostly to be found under the publisher QUE BOOKS. Purdum's a good choice for beginners, I especially remember his easy-to- understand chapter on arrays, pointers, and "char". -- Mark Brown IBM PSP Austin, TX. (512) 823-3741 VNET: MBROWN@AUSVMQ MAIL: mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com OR uunet!testsys.austin.ibm.com!mbrown The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from! DISCLAIMER: Any personal opinions stated here are just that.