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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Is it legal to download K&R from this site ?
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Robert Latest <boblatest@yahoo.com> writes:
> void wrote:
>> Thus K&R is the only common denomiator for C programmers and by far
>> cheaper
>
> ... and more instructive ...
>
>> than any ISO paper. Once more new features aren't outstanding...

That depends on the programmer.  I certainly refer to (drafts of) the
ISO standard more often than K&R.  YMMV.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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