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From: norm@oglvee.UUCP (Norman Joseph)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: common bugs in C programs
Message-ID: <523@oglvee.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 89 14:06:50 GMT
References: <61500001@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu>
Organization: Oglevee Computer Systems, Connellsville, Pa
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From article <61500001@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu>, by damerla@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu:
> 
> I am compiling a list of syntax and logical errors I ever made while writing
> C programs.  Some of these errors are very simple but hard to debug like typing
> = in place of ==.  Till now I have compiled about 25 of them and any 
> contributions to this list will be appreciated.

You may want to save yourself some time and effort and check your favorite
bookstore for _C Traps and Pitfalls_, by Andrew Koenig, Addison-Wesley 1989,
ISBN # 0-201-17928-8.  This book is exactly the list of syntax & logical errors
you are trying to compile, along with explanations and advice.

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