| From: | "Devon H. O'Dell " <dodell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:26:00 +0200 |
| Mail-followup-to: | Terry Tree <terry.tree@gmail.com>, users@crater.dragonflybsd.org |
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 05:40:01PM +0000, Terry Tree wrote: > On Apr 3, 2005 4:40 PM, Devon H. O'Dell <dodell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > What book is this? This PRINTX macro abuse is horrible. > > > > --Devon > > > > Thanks for the help. I was thinking that x was being set back to 2 > for the second line. > > The book is the C puzzle book. The reviews on amazon said it was one > of the best books for learning C programming. Maybe for a beginning understanding is OK, but you should understand that usage of things like macros for the PRINTX functionality provided in that example are generally pretty poor style and are by no means frequently used. I don't know if this is clarified in the book. Perhaps cliche, but I certainly recommend Kernighan and Ritchie (the C Programming Language). It's a good book for learning C and getting a good understanding of how the language works. The style is outdated, but OK. I am (with other contributors) working on documentation for learning C programming in DragonFly BSD. It's available online in the Wiki at: http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.php/C_Development_Under_DragonFly_BSD Please take a look at this, send questions (on the Wiki or to me directly), comments, whatever, if you would like. I'd like to have this be something useful for C programmers in general :) Kind regards, Devon H. O'Dell
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