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On 26 Jun 98, at 7:55, Mike Bilow <mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net> wrote:
>
> No joke: there really is "Unix for Dummies." I've seen it for sale.
Yes. I have also. I got turned off on the Dummies book when a high school
computer science teacher was learning C from the C for Dummies book, and
many of the examples had:
void main()
{
}
As a language lawyer (because I worked with LINT for so long), main always
returns an int. (This is required both in ANSI/ISO as well as K&R). Mosty
compilers allow this unfortunately. I hate language books that violate the language
spec. Kind of like an English grammar book that uses "ain't" in examples of good
English.
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Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting
ICQ#156300
