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From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
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Shark8 expounded in
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>> Ya, that seems to be a sensible approach. It's hard for me
>> to forget a lifetime of C-based brainwashing. ;-)
>>
>> Warren
> 
> The Unix-hater's Handbook has a nice chapter on C-based
> programming... I found the explanation of what C's "arrays"
> are to be most helpful in a [required] C class I took
> later. It's freely downloadable here:
> http://simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf 

I am actually a fan of Unix/Linux. And C arrays/pointers must 
be groked early, if you want to survive the art of any serious 
C programming!

But the text looks like an amusing read, so I'll read it on my 
commute home. It'll be interesting to see what some folks find 
to hate about Unix. The only detracting thing I find about it, 
is simply the fact that it is well steeped in C.

But then, prior to Unix, O/S's were usually steeped in 
assembler language (like OS/2 for a modern example).  C has 
been a big improvement in that regard.

Warren