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From: KLH@sri-nic.arpa (Ken Harrenstien)
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Subject: New H&S edition of CARM!
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 17:25:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 17:25:20 1987
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Haven't seen any other mention of this, so thought I'd spread the
word; I wish I had known about it earlier myself.

I just discovered by accident that the second edition of Harbison and
Steele's "C: A Reference Manual" is now out in the stands!
Unfortunately, it also seems to be out of stock -- the first 4
bookstores I tried had completely run out of their initial orders
(they seemed quite bemused by its popularity), and all had additional
shipments on the way.  I did manage to find one place (would you
believe the Stanford campus bookstore??) that still had a handful
left, and grabbed one.  It's much heftier, costs $25, and the back
cover blurb claims it includes a description of the draft ANSI C
language.  I haven't looked at it yet, but am confident that it will
be the definitive reference for C until the ANSI draft becomes a
standard (which may not be for a while).

--Ken
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