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A Little C Primer/Comments and Revision History
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I wrote this document, not because I am an expert on this subject, but
because I'm not. I don't use C often, and the combination of infrequent use
and relatively obscure syntax makes them frustrating to deal with. So I
threw these notes together to make sure that what I did know was in an
accessible form.
This document originally contained two chapters on C++, but they were sketchy
and I had little interest in the language. C++ is really not so much an
enhancement of C as it is a different language based on C. For the very small
software projects I tend to work on, its additional features are much more
bother than they're worth. Since I couldn't maintain that material, I
deleted it.
Revision history:
v1.0 / 01 jan 95 / gvg
v2.0 / 01 may 95 / gvg / Added chapters on C++, reformatted.
v2.1 / 30 may 95 / gvg / Minor corrections and changes.
v2.2 / 01 jul 95 / gvg / Added quick reference and minor changes.
v2.3 / 09 jul 95 / gvg / Corrected bug in "strlen()" description.
v2.4 / 25 aug 95 / gvg / Added command-line parser example.
v2.5 / 13 oct 95 / gvg / Web update.
v2.5 / 01 feb 99 / gvg / Minor cosmetic update.
v2.0.7 / 01 feb 02 / gvg / Minor cosmetic update.
v3.0.0 / 01 aug 03 / gvg / Eliminated C++ material.
v3.0.1 / 01 aug 05 / gvg / Minor proofing & cleanup.
v3.0.2 / 01 jul 07 / gvg / Minor cosmetic update.