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From: smbrush@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (ANDREW BRUSH)
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Subject: Re: Machine readable form of K+R.
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Date: 11 Jun 91 13:04:05 GMT
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In article <676362087.62@egsgate.FidoNet.Org>, Lars.Wirzenius@f98.n250.z1.FidoNet.Org (Lars Wirzenius) writes...
> 
>In article <1991Jun4.211119.13531@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu
>(Henry Spencer) writes:
>>In article <1991Jun4.203054.16201@cs.yale.edu> rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu
>(Eric Rescorla) writes:
>>>Well, if I remember, the book says "available in machine readable form"
>>
>>Where, exactly, does it say that?
> 
>In the Preface (page x in my copy of the second edition, first paragraph),
>it says:
> 
>	"As before, all examples have been tested directly from the
>	text, which is in machine-readable form."
> 
>From the Preface to the First Edition (page xi, third paragraph):
> 
>	"All examples have been tested directly from the text, which is
>	in machine-readable form."
> 
>I have not been able to find anything about availability. I have always
>assumed that the authors wanted to reduce the suspicions of
>typographical errors in typeset code, which are all too common in some
>books.
>-- 
>Lars Wirzenius     wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi
> 
I think I see a misunderstanding here...

A machine can READ the *program examples* in K&R, since they are typeset 
in an evenly-spaced courier-like font.  This seems like a logical way 
of checking the examples.

If you aren't interested in copyright laws, you can scan them into 
your machine.

Like most others who responded to this thread, I'd be very surprised 
if such a successful book was available in ELECTRONIC form.

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