From: lauther AT gomory DOT zfe DOT siemens DOT de (Ulrich Lauther) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Ideas for DJGPP. Date: 25 Jan 1997 21:36:32 GMT Organization: Siemens Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5cdud0$9lq@salomon.mchp.siemens.de> References: <5c7rej$m2n AT oravannahka DOT Helsinki DOT FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: gomory.mchp.siemens.de To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Esa A E Peuha (peuha AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi) wrote: : Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote: : : : In order for the docs to be improved, there is a need to identify the : : gaps and propose what specific items should be documented (if they aren't : : already) or in what ways should we change this or that piece of docs. : : How about a brief description of C syntax? More specifically, a) list of : reserved words, operators, backslash escape sequences, and so on, and b) : explanation of casts, side effects and other C features. This *could* be : useful even for those who already know some basics of C programming (have : you seen any tutorial book about C that tells that you can pass function : as an argument to be called in another function (like qsort)?). The GCC Kernigan & Richies: "The C programming language", 2nd Edition, p. 119. I don't have the first edition (1978?) in front of me, but am sure is was coverd there already. -- -lauther [nosave] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulrich Lauther ph: +49 89 636 48834 fx: ... 636 42284 Siemens ZT AN 1 Internet: Ulrich DOT Lauther AT mchp DOT siemens DOT de