WAS "A good book on C programming", now an APPOLOGY

[Robert L Cochran]

What we are seeing here is one person's intolerance of even generic 
questions.

Not everyone on the list is like this.

I wouldn't let it bother you. Speaking for myself, I just ask away. 
There is not a single package on Fedora that hasn't been modified by Red 
Hat in some way, so I think all questions are valid.

And as to the C programming book, there is

C Primer Plus, 4th Edition, by Stephen Prata which seems okay.

Beginning C by Ivor Horton, from Wrox Press, also seems okay.

You may want to try the Deitel "C How to Program" book. Deitel books are 
gouge-you expensive but have a lot of exercises and code examples.

Bob


Gavin Henry wrote:
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> Dear Everyone, 
> 
> I was had this pointed out to me, by Simon Perreault <nomis80 at nomis80.org> 
> (with my reply):
> 
> "On Saturday 27 Dec 2003 8:49 pm, you wrote:
> 
>>1) Please do not cross-post. (This means sending the same message to many
>>lists.)
> 
> 
> OK, guilty, but I wanted a varied response, as different people subscribe to
> different lists.
> 
> 
>>2) Please stay on topic. This has nothing to do with Fedora.
> 
> 
> Fedora is GNU/Linux, there are C programmers, like you that use Fedora, and it
> is a general discussion list. What's the problem? I'm not asking for money
> for for you to join some crazy scheme.
> 
> This kind of attitude annoys me about GNU/Linux, I am not wasting anyones
> time, so I don't see what the problem is."
> 
> 
> And his last reply:
> 
> "On December 27, 2003 16:11, you wrote:
> 
>>This kind of attitude annoys me about GNU/Linux, I am not wasting anyones
>>time, so I don't see what the problem is.
> 
> 
> Yes, you are wasting time (and bandwidth, as there are some people on very 
> slow connections) when you are not on topic. This list is not even about 
> GNU/Linux, it is about Fedora. General Linux questions do not belong here. 
> This is Fedora-related stuff only. There are tons of Linux and C mailing 
> lists.
> 
> This is a quick lesson (that everyone must learn, I did too) on netiquette. 
> You should Google a bit on that topic, particularly on stuff related to 
> mailing lists."
> 
> 
> I am sorry if I have wasted everyones time and bandwidth, but I have spent the 
> last 3 days searching for up to date links and book reviews, some things you 
> never find, like the website: http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/ 
> recommended by another user.
> 
> I admit, I have cross posted, as I not only use Fedora, but Debian, SUSE and 
> Gentoo. These are all different distro's with different user bases. I wanted 
> to get a good feel of what are good texts from all the C programmers out 
> their. I didn't get a response like above from anyone else. Even Alan Cox 
> replied to me.
> 
> What I don't understand is, and I quote, "This list is not even about 
> GNU/Linux, it is about Fedora." 
> 
> What is Fedora then?
> 
> 
> Again, sorry to waste everyones time, but you have all helped me out.
> 
> Gavin.
> 
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> 
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Bob Cochran
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