From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22863 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2021 08:32:35 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Oct 2021 08:32:35 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mevPF-00Bhk7-MR for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:32:33 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mevPF-00CH5y-6s for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:32:33 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mevPD-00CH5o-0n for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:32:31 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mevPA-002m8O-9H for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:32:30 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=9OrioHUIyD75Mh73jqMqMjKb3qmlQpb92Dbq6idG7fc=; b=TBf/MgPeO3LqHrexq+nyGHj12d moRBlIGpHfBgXorWqPSx0WGXgRQZCROxVySxaO/U4J9SqAZss/EdRbVeOLpmxpRPzT6G2a0cEcbJe DILVKCo98QsQqU6D1pmg5HkIr+FEXJz+WYoFNxd0Jn6vUEEJrFYApPn90Ulnthp1Qv2w=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mevP3-0007lb-MJ for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:32:23 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mevP1-0002Ta-LD for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:32:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Alberto Luaces Subject: Re: sorry man off-topic Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:32:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87sfwpmrn4.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> References: <87ee8dl53r.fsf@penguin> <87wnm5nx25.fsf@zoho.eu> <87wnm1muif.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> <87h7d5wo8w.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:oUm9sdVtRheolHRW9wMl5wz/3bQ= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Emanuel Berg writes: > Alberto Luaces wrote: > >> Not a bad book, of course, but it is severely outdated; in >> fact the wiki says that the last edition is from 1988, so >> maybe the code in the first one doesn't even compile on >> modern compilers due to deprecated syntax. >> >> I have not read "Effective C" by Robert C. Seacord, but it's >> up to date with the latest C standards, according to >> the description. > > Aren't C standards mostly concern with backward > compatibility anyway? For sure, but I guess it is not desirable to write new code or learn to write it with archaic notation as k&r function declaration, not to mention the 40 years of improvements on the language that you'd be skipping. -- Alberto