Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!wrdis01!gatech!hubcap!mjs From: mjs@hubcap.clemson.edu (M. J. Saltzman) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Harbison & Steele (was: Re: Bitfields in unions) Message-ID: <1991Apr26.191616.22666@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 26 Apr 91 19:16:16 GMT References: <680@taumet.com> <72969@brunix.UUCP> <1991Apr23.212105.28138@hubcap.clemson.edu> <5134adce.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> Organization: Clemson University Lines: 51 In article <5134adce.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> vinoski@apollo.HP.COM (Stephen Vinoski) writes: >In article <1991Apr23.212105.28138@hubcap.clemson.edu> mjs@hubcap.clemson.edu (M. J. Saltzman) writes: >>Sorry to bother you all, but does anyone have a list of errata for >>H&S? Is it really that bad? Are there any other good references >>(short of the standard itself) for day-to-day use? > >Several weeks ago I posted a problem with the strcat() function shown >in the book. Sam Harbison contacted me and seemed to indicate that he >was putting together an errata list to be mailed out. > >My original posting seems to have started a thread which has >inadvertantly given the book a bad reputation. I actually didn't see this thread. My posting was in response to another thread about whether unions could contain bit fields. The tone of the post (which I don't have anymore) seemed to be: "Damn! *Another* error in H&SIII!" I was concerned, because I found the earlier editions to be very useful, and when H&SIII came out, I went right out and bought it. It surprised me that there might be more significant problems with the new edition. >I have been reading >H&S III *very* closely ever since. Most of the problems I have >encountered in the book so far are typographical, e.g. misspellings, >font changes, missing tabs. The "real" problems like those that have >pointed out in this newgroup are few and far between. > >A C reference manual is bound to be very complex; given that fact, I >would have to say that the error density of H&S III is very, very low. >In my opinion, the book is definitely good enough for day-to-day use, >and I highly recommend it. I'm glad to hear it. It certainly wasn't my intention to contribute to the negativity. Since I've only started following this group recently, could someone send me a list of what's been found so far? Thanks. > > >-steve > > >| Steve Vinoski (508)256-0176 x5904 | Internet: vinoski@apollo.hp.com | >| HP Apollo Division, Chelmsford, MA 01824 | UUCP: ...!apollo!vinoski | >| "The price of knowledge is learning how little of it you yourself harbor." | >| - Tom Christiansen | Matthew Saltzman mjs@clemson.edu