Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Is it legal to download K&R from this site ? Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:46:47 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <5bd1fc96-6957-4008-9511-de22b9e18a9c@googlegroups.com> <5f4ef2ef-426e-265b-b0c3-c42d76dc5a7a@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="5b75f8dd226436b078478393b0f38f01"; logging-data="20250"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191Buh7dnakqPbNdJoqw2Ju" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bBuUbyqcgEFDiehrw9/eFQbbY4s= sha1:vzlOl+j8ydlzkrU5DzHAwLkbL+s= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:103695 void writes: > On Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 7:32:09 PM UTC+1, Keith Thompson wrote: >> void writes: >> [...] >> > Drafts can give C programmers a quick view on new features but these >> > documents are incomplete descriptions of future standards. Of course, >> > there are free of charge (minus your ISP provider cost) because there >> > are working document in progress. Who would pay for incomplete >> > products? I personally used draft of C9x and rationales (very >> > educative to understand the C library implementation) to learn C90 >> > wich could be enough to begin C programming. Later I bought K&R >> > because I prefer to get the C Bible at hand when I need to clear or >> > complete my knowledge. People should know that a physical book is a >> > true portable document contrarily to a digital book chained to a >> > reader with digital restrictions management. >> >> Please limit your line length to 80 characters or less, preferably >> about 72. > > Sorry but I don't have a such limit reading text from Google groups. I > thought NNTP is no longer supported by Google groups and since wide > screens are pretty common nowadays... Google Groups is, in part, a poorly implemented interface to Usenet, which predates it by several decades. Most of us here don't use Google Groups; we use NNTP-based newsreaders. I'm asking you to format your posts to make them easier for most of us to read. [...] > Almost $200.00 for C11... that's not really affordable for > everybody. Can you lend it at will? I can move my K&R book everywhere > and read it with the green energy of natural light. :-) I paid much less than that, but ISO doesn't consult me regarding their pricing policies. No, I can't lend it. But even though I have a copy of the official standard, I usually use N1570. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"