....and I must say I don't regret it. But having lurked (and occasionally
posted) for years in this group, having read and understood the C FAQ, and
having perused the Standard quite a bit I must say I didn't encounter
any real surprises. Should I have bought a Schildt book instead?
--D.
Nov 14 '05
11  1414 
Chris Barts wrote:
infobahn wrote: Chris Barts wrote:
Here is a website that takes apart the errors in the book:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html
Probably takes apart the wrong book. Possibly you meant:
http://www.plethora.net/~seebs/c/c_tcr.html
Well, they're both bad books by Schildt on C.
The first one is only half-bad, since most of the left-hand pages
(I think!) are fine. It's only the right-hand pages (that is, the
ones written by Schildt) that are broken.
I didn't know about the
book you mention, but I think my point stands: Schildt should not write
books about C, and when he does nobody should buy them.
Fear not. He's moved on to other languages, God help them.
Chris Barts wrote: Neil Kurzman wrote:
If the book answers your questions it is good.
Getting right answers is more important.
The Schildt is a phenomena. I bought it years ago. before the net. It
answer a lot of my questions. So I liked it.
You didn't know it was giving you wrong answers, which is why it's so
hard for an inexperienced person to buy a book worth owning: They don't
know enough to know when an author is full of shit.
But if you look around you will find as many people like it as hate it. The
haters note that it leans toward the PC, not ANSI. So it does not help them,
and my give the wrong answer.
No, it leans toward the incorrect, as opposed to the correct. It gives
the wrong answer to anyone who reads its pages.
Here is a website that takes apart the errors in the book:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html
At the Time (before the web) It was the best book I could find in the Book Store.
It covered Stuff that my text books did not. Mostly, pointers and pointers to
structures, and passing them.
I have not opened it in years, I usually hit help.
I should get a copy of K&R. When I do I hope I do not find I am doing it all
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