From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:06:48 +1200." References: Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:22:27 -0700 From: Bakul Shah Message-Id: <20150615232227.2D170B827@mail.bitblocks.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Wildly off-topic Topicbox-Message-UUID: 58ddacd6-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:06:48 +1200 Andrew Simmons 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. http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Brian-W-Kernighan/dp/8120305965/ref=sr_1_2?s=tradein-aps&srs=9187220011&ie=UTF8&qid=1434409938&sr=8-2&keywords=the+c+programming+language