Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!tll From: tll@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Author of a C book Message-ID: <1991Mar6.171424.17409@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 6 Mar 91 17:14:24 GMT References: Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 42 mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes: >Greetings! >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 >him in any of our local book stores. I really liked his presentation style >in the article and am hoping his books follow this trend of explaining C >programming from the view of the compiler. The books that I have seen by Jack Purdum were published by QUE( Indianapolis). The last phone number I have on them is 800-428-5331. The books that I have of his are "C Programming Guide" and "C Programmer's Library". I highly recommend the first one if you are very new to C and found K&R a bit too overwelming. Then tackle K&R. I think the Guide is in its third edition. >Many thanks in advance! > ~mitch Your welcome. >_______________________________________________________________________________ > mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1B1046 | (703) 695-0262 >_______________________________________________________________________________ > (cond ((lovep you (quote LISP)) (honk)) (t (return NIL))) >-- > ..mitch > mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1B1046 | (703) 695-0262 > ``A system without PERL is like a hockey game without a fight.'' > -- Mitch Wright Tal Lancaster