Re: C vs. Hyper C

[behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)]

In article <Sep26.192236.23776@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> jr251693@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (James Darrel Riddle) writes:

>	What is the difference between say Orca C and Hyper C?
>	I'm asking from a source code point of view.
>	The reason I ask is that I HAVE NEVER PROGRAMMED IN C.

ORCA/C is supposedly ISO/C clean, Hyper C is not. Therefore, some constructs
that work on ORCA/C (like prototypes, and other stuff) won't in Hyper C.
It's not a major issue, but you need to know it :)

>	I need to know what books would help in this reguard.
>	Will just any C book help?

Good C books are: C - A Reference Manual for having a reference manual,
C Traps and Pitfalls for avoiding typical beginner's errors, and
various others I won't mention because they're outside the scope of
learning the language :)

I am not too impressed with K&R 2nd Ed. ... although it is written by the
inventors of C, it get's some ISO/C stuff plain wrong, and is not really
handy as a reference. Might be OK for learning the language, though.

Soenke