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Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"?

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TheGunslinger <mikiesrunsbaal.sec@sbcglobal.net> writes:

> wrote:
[...]
>>I'm not sure that there are any books out yet that cover the 2011 ISO C
>>standard (unless you count the standard itself, of course).
>>
>>A book that covers the 1999 standard would likely be better than a book
>>from 1991.
>>
>>Note that not all compilers even support the 1999 standard; Microsoft in
>>particular has expressed a lack of interest in supporting any standard
>>past the 1990 one.  (Ignore anyone who claims that this statement
>>indicates any dislike for C99; it's just something to be aware of.)
>
> Good point about C99. But I believe there was a C standard update in
> 2003?

No.  ISO C standards were issued in 1990, 1999, and 2011.  An amendment
was issued in 1995.  (The 1990 ISO standard was based on the 1989 ANSI
standard; after that, all standards were issued directly by ISO.)

(There was a 2003 standard in C++; if you want to discuss that, try
comp.std.c++.)

[...]

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
    Will write code for food.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
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Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? gdotone@gmail.com - 2012-07-30 08:09 -0700
  Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? TheGunslinger <mikiesrunsbaal.sec@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-08-01 10:30 -0500
    Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-01 10:38 -0700
      Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? TheGunslinger <mikiesrunsbaal.sec@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-08-01 19:42 -0500
        Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-01 18:04 -0700
          Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? TheGunslinger <mikiesrunsbaal.sec@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-08-01 20:35 -0500
        Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-08-02 13:50 -0700
  Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? gdotone@gmail.com - 2012-08-02 12:22 -0700
    Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-08-02 21:37 +0200
      Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-02 15:44 -0400
    Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? TheGunslinger <mikiesrunsbaal.sec@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-08-04 08:10 -0500
      Re: Has anyone used "Data Structures and Program Design in C"? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-04 16:37 -0700

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