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0 pointsthrowaway17_175y ago0 comments

It is a risk to by the preorder sight unseen. If you are not familiar with author and his style you could end up feeling like you wasted that money.

So until a preview chapter or similar is available I’ll through this link to Modern C, 2nd Ed by Gustedt. It has been well received and I thought Jens writing style was solid.

I don’t know if it is the perfect second book to read on C, but it seems well paced and things are well explained.

https://modernc.gforge.inria.fr/

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rcseacord5y ago

I'm checking with No Starch if we have plans to release a sample chapter of this book. There is a list of previous articles I've written including sample chapters from my previous books on Secure Codign in C and C++ and the CERT C Coding Standard here https://www.informit.com/authors/bio/3312572e-d904-45d5-afcd...

Here is a newer article on Uninitialized Reads published by ACM https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3041020

Jens and I are both on the C Standards committee. I would definitely say that our books serve different markets.

throwaway17_17OP5y ago

I have your book on Secure Coding and I have the latest version of Jens’ book as well. I like both your style and his, in terms of writing style and presentation.

If you think there is going to be a large difference in applicability and focus when comparing your ‘Effect C’ and Jens’ ‘Modern C’ I am kind of excited, not just to get your book, but also that even though some people would like to see C be relegated to the trash bin there is still some life left in a language I enjoy using.

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