Re: [9fans] Wildly off-topic

[Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <ram@rkrishnan.org>]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015, at 04:52 AM, Bakul Shah wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:06:48 +1200 Andrew Simmons <kodogo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > As the subject line says, wildly off-topic. But some-one here might know =
> > the answer, and it=E2=80=99s been bothering me.
> >
> > Such are my failings, I=E2=80=99ve been watching the second series of =
> > =E2=80=9CHalt and Catch Fire=E2=80=9D in order to catch up with what the =
> > kids are up to these days. In the second episode one of the characters =
> > opens what looks like a copy of K&R first edition, but the cover is =
> > blue. I thought that the colour correction on my TV might be deceiving =
> > me, or possibly the vertical hold was on the fritz, but he did it again =
> > in the third episode, and the cover was still blue.
> >
> > So my question is, did there ever exist an edition of K&R in that colour =
> > scheme, or is gcc to blame for the inaccuracy?=
>
> Amazon trade ins of The C programming Language shows a cyan
> blue cover -- it says "Eastern Economic Edition" and it is the
> second edition.

Yes, I can confirm that. It is sold here in India. It used to be the
same white cover as the international edition (my copy from 1993,
eastern economy edition, has a white cover).

--
  Ramakrishnan