[Courses] Re : C Programming for Absolute Beginners, text book?

[Carla Schroder]

Yes, I love the discussions. I can keep the lessons focused and let the 
discussions handle all the fun digressions and extra explanations :)

Carla

>     Thanks. 
>     One of the most helpful things in the various 
> email responses is the links people use to learn. 
>     (Interesting to note that gcc is C90 with some 
> Gnu extensions.) 
> 
> On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 22:42 -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > Hi Jim and everyone,
> >
> > 
> >
> > This page shows the status of gcc for the new C standards:
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Standards.html
> > I also spent some quality time with man gcc, and now I have a headache
> > because  there are all these exceptions and ifs, ands, buts, and
> > whatevers. The default is gnu90, which is C90 with some GNU extensions.
> > That's what we're going to use in this course. Using the gcc options
> > that support the newer standards is simple; the hard part is reading and
> > understanding them. So I'll probably not address them in this course.
> >
> > 
> >
> > Carla
> >
> > 
> > 
> >
> > > Carla,
> > >
> > >         Re C89, C99 (and C90 and C11), thanks for mentioning
> > >
> > > these. I had no idea these specs existed. I'd only known of
> > > "K&R C" and "ANSI C".