Regarding the FAQs

[mux]

Hi

Is there anywhere (on the net) I can get the entire comp.lang.c FAQs? I
could get only a partial list from Steve Summit's Website. Or is buying the
book the only way out?

Any pointers in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Regards
Murali

[Mike Wahler]

"mux" <mu*@sd.com> wrote in message
news:ca******** *@charm.magnus. acs.ohio-state.edu...

Hi

Is there anywhere (on the net) I can get the entire comp.lang.c FAQs?
Read carefully again, the first part of the online FAQ document:

(From http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html) :

This collection of hypertext pages is Copyright 1995 by Steve Summit.
Content from the book ``C Programming FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions''
(Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-201-84519-9) is made available here by
permission of the author and the publisher as a service to the community.
It is intended to complement the use of the published text and is protected
by international copyright laws. The content is made available here and
may be accessed freely for personal use but may not be published or
retransmitted without written permission.

I
could get only a partial list from Steve Summit's Website. Or is buying the book the only way out?

Any pointers in this regard will be highly appreciated.

See above.

-Mike

[Joe Laughlin]

mux wrote:

Hi

Is there anywhere (on the net) I can get the entire
comp.lang.c FAQs? I could get only a partial list from
Steve Summit's Website. Or is buying the book the only
way out?

Any pointers in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Regards
Murali

http://www.google.com/search?q=comp.lang.c+faq

[Stephen Sprunk]

"Mike Wahler" <mk******@mkwah ler.net> wrote in message
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"mux" <mu*@sd.com> wrote in message
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Is there anywhere (on the net) I can get the entire comp.lang.c FAQs?

Read carefully again, the first part of the online FAQ document:

(From http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html) :

....

Or, for an easier-to-remember site that covers other newsgroups as well:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgrou...mp.lang.c.html

(The c.l.c FAQ, I assume, is mirrored there with permission)

S

--
Stephen Sprunk "Stupid people surround themselves with smart
CCIE #3723 people. Smart people surround themselves with
K5SSS smart people who disagree with them." --Aaron Sorkin

[Keith Thompson]

"Joe Laughlin" <Jo************ ***@boeing.com> writes:

mux wrote:

Hi

Is there anywhere (on the net) I can get the entire
comp.lang.c FAQs? I could get only a partial list from
Steve Summit's Website. Or is buying the book the only
way out?

Any pointers in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Regards
Murali

http://www.google.com/search?q=comp.lang.c+faq

That provides pointers to the web version of the C FAQ, but the book
version is more complete. I'm fairly sure that the book version is
only available (legally, at least) in book form.

See question 20.40 of the C FAQ.

(BTW, I don't even have the C FAQ bookmarked; I just feed "c faq" to
Google each time I need to refer to it.)

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.

[mux]

Wow...A lot of responses... Thanks a lot for all of you who responded in
quick time.

The reason for this post was that I saw a korean version(in a beautiful pdf
format) on the net with all the questions answered (not like 1.1,1.4
.....)...

So if there can exist a legal and free electronic version of the FAQ in
another language, I doubted that there might be a complete electronic
version in English which was legal and free ....

Thanks again for all those suggestions ....

With warm regards,
Murali

Muralidhar Krishnamoorthy
muralidhar"Remo vethiS"ck@yahoo .com

[Randy Howard]

In article <ca**********@c harm.magnus.acs .ohio-state.edu>, mu*@sd.com says...

So if there can exist a legal and free electronic version of the FAQ in
another language, I doubted that there might be a complete electronic
version in English which was legal and free ....

I see no indication that a pdf file in another language of Steve's FAQ
is "legal and free". It may be stolen, plagiarized and free, or it may
not. The existence of a document on the web does not mean that it is
of a legally sourced background. Is there some reason you refuse to
simply buy the book? If you are a professional programmer, you can
even deduct it from your taxes.

--
Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)

[Ralmin]

"mux" <mu*@sd.com> wrote:

Wow...A lot of responses... Thanks a lot for all of you who
responded in quick time.

The reason for this post was that I saw a korean version(in a
beautiful pdf format) on the net with all the questions answered
(not like 1.1,1.4 ....)...

Then it is probably not legal. Those distributing it would be breaking Steve
Summit's copyright, even after translation.

--
Simon.

[mux]

"Randy Howard" <ra*********@FO OverizonBAR.net > wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@news.verizon. net...

In article <ca**********@c harm.magnus.acs .ohio-state.edu>, mu*@sd.com says...

So if there can exist a legal and free electronic version of the FAQ in
another language, I doubted that there might be a complete electronic
version in English which was legal and free ....

I see no indication that a pdf file in another language of Steve's FAQ
is "legal and free". It may be stolen, plagiarized and free, or it may
not. The existence of a document on the web does not mean that it is
of a legally sourced background.

I doubt your statement as I got the link directly from Steve's site.
Is there some reason you refuse to simply buy the book?
If you are a professional programmer, you can
even deduct it from your taxes.

I have a copy of it now as I bot it yesterday. Because it is much easier to
have an electronic version (just alt-TAB away) when you program I am still
curious if there is any copy available on the net.

Anyways.....I guess there is still a big "?" why that discrepancy exists in
offering the text in different languages...

Murali

[Keith Thompson]

"mux" <mu*@sd.com> writes:

Wow...A lot of responses... Thanks a lot for all of you who responded in
quick time.

The reason for this post was that I saw a korean version(in a beautiful pdf
format) on the net with all the questions answered (not like 1.1,1.4
....)...

Interesting. I found the document you're referring to. The web page
acknowledges Steve Summit's work, and says the translation was done
with his permission, but it does appear include all the questions,
unlike the English web version. I've sent Steve an e-mail and asked
him about it; I'll post here when I get a response.

Since it's Steve's book, it's entirely possible that he's granted
permission for a publicly available electronic version in Korean but
not in English. I'm not going to assume it's illegal unless he says
it is.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.