tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post8658665960782079184..comments2023-10-29T10:41:21.303-04:00Comments on Castro's Favorite Color: RIP Dennis RitchieHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914637175040341245noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post-10957423128728827152011-10-14T13:54:43.134-04:002011-10-14T13:54:43.134-04:00K&R was my favorite book on C. I still have it...K&R was my favorite book on C. I still have it on a shelf in the basement. As my tribute, I'll move it to an upstairs' shelf now. Coding in C after assembler was strange but Ritchie made it much easier.<br />It was sad losing both Jobs and Ritchie in a space of a single week.Irinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post-78235149090899976552011-10-13T12:05:03.477-04:002011-10-13T12:05:03.477-04:00I learned C pretty early on from K&R and it w ...I learned C pretty early on from K&R and it w only after reading many other programming books that I really appreciated its conciseness. <br /><br />Also, my favorite comment so far is that to "like" Pike's post on Google+ the button, rather than +1, should be ++.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914637175040341245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post-28865693154150358132011-10-13T11:59:14.996-04:002011-10-13T11:59:14.996-04:00In memorial, I decided to leaf thru my K&R. B...In memorial, I decided to leaf thru my K&R. But apparently, it has disappeared. I spent close to a decade coding in C. What I remember best was cursing it (or a particular implementation) usually after a stupid error on my part. At the same time it was a significant improvement over assembler programming which was standard for many applications at the time.kimnoreply@blogger.com