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Simon <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
[...]
> Actually I'm mostly learning C from the book by H. Schildt, which is
> excellent but it doesn't mention near and far pointers at all. I find
> them quite confusing, so I think any book should explain them clearly.
[...]
Schildt writes bad books.
Get yourself a copy of K&R2 (Kernighan & Ritchie, "The C Programming
Language", 2nd edition).
near and far pointers are not part of C, so I wouldn't expect a book
on C to mention them. A book about your system might, but they're
largely obsolete, so you might consider just ignoring them.
> As for being obsolete, the good thing is that Borland have released
> Turbo-C for free now, so there's no need to worry about Micro$oft
> license fees. Also C doesn't change much!
There are more modern C implementations available at no charge.
You might also take a look at the comp.lang.c FAQ,
<http://www.c-faq.com>, particularly the "Tools and Resources"
section.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) <kst-u@xxxxxxx>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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