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From: smbrush@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (ANDREW BRUSH)
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Subject: Re: Author of a C book
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In article <MITCH.91Mar5134925@hq.af.mil>, 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.
> 
>Many thanks in advance!

Jack Purdum Wrote "C Programming Guide", Que, 1983.  Also, according 
to one instructor I had, he wrote the Eco-C compiler.  BTW, the C 
programming Guide was my first C book, and I think it's pretty good.

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