Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!milton!ogicse!pdxgate!parsely!percy!qiclab!techbook!jamesd From: jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Author of a C book Message-ID: <1991Mar6.192404.8558@techbook.com> Date: 6 Mar 91 19:24:04 GMT References: Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix Lines: 30 In article mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) writes: > >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. Maybe you should move ... :-) We have "C Programming Guide" which is in its third edition. Chapters are Introduction to C; C Data Types; Operators and Selection Statements; Loops; Function Prototypes; Storage Classes and Scope; Introduction to Pointers; Using Pointers Effectively; Structures, Unions, and Other Data Types; Disk File Operations; and the C Preprocessor. It's published by Que, lists for $24.95, has an ISBN of 0-88022-356-1 and the copyright date is 1988. Another book is "C Programmer's Toolkit" which includes a disk for Turbo C or Quick C. Chapters are Screen Functions; String Processing; Input Functions; Menuing Systems; Searching, Sorting, and Parsing; Time and Dates; Disk and Directory Control Functions; Working with Numbers; and Odds and Ends. Also published by Que, lists for $39.95, its ISBN is 0-88022-457-6 and the copyright date is 1989. Since they're published by Que, your local bookseller should be able to obtain them for you in a reasonable amount of time. Of course, we wouldn't turn your business away either ... :-) -- Public Access UNIX at +1 503 644-8135 (1200/2400) Voice: +1 503 646-8257 TECHbooks offers many technical books at discounted prices. E-mail to info@techbook.com or fax to +1 503 248-6320 for details.