The Annotated ANSI C Standard: American National Standard for Programming Languages-C : Ansi/Iso 9899-1990 |  | Author: Herbert Schildt
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
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ISBN: 0078819520
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Publication Date: August 1993
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The ANSI C/ISO standard determines the primary specifications for programming in C for all types of environments. Schildt provides clear explanations of even the most complicated topics, along with a wealth of insights, tips, and warnings to help C programmers successfully create workable and portable programs. If you're a C programmer, you shouldn't be without ANSI C standard. Get it plus articulate annotations from one of the leading C authorities.
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 Very Good Deal April 9, 2005
Bill Chapman (Sunnyvale, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The other reviewers said the annotations were crap, so I haven't bothered reading them for the most part, and when I did they weren't much help. Personally, I haven't found any of the errors they have been talking about (it would be nice if these critics were more specific) but I haven't been looking.very carefully.
(...) I use it all the time.
Generally, I consider the 9899:1990 ANSI standard of C to be the "gold standard" I want to adhere to if I'm in C - the few enhancements to the language that have come along since then aren't worth using, since the maintainer of your code will probably be using the 1989 k&r as his language reference manual, so he won't understand those enhancements, plus you may want to port to a platform that doesn't support them.
A cheap copy of ANSI/ISO 9899:1990 October 9, 1997
clyde@htsoft.com (Brisbane, Australia)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Forget the annotations - they are at best worthless and at worst wrong, but $40 for a copy of the ANSI/ISO standard for C is a bargain. I use it regularly, but I don't bother with the right-hand pages.
 The cheapest and best way to get the ANSI standard August 20, 1997
C. Fernandez (Madrid, Spain)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Before ordering this book from Amazon, I read all the other reviews. To be honest, I bought it because it was a lot cheaper than the ANSI standard ($130). Frankly, I do not understand why it is rated that low by the other readers. It includes the complete, unmodified standard, and it very well annotated by Schildt. The author, however, sometimes states things that are certainly not derived from the standard. Possibly they are derived from his almost 20 years programming in C and his deep knowledge of compilers. In my opinion, this book is a must for everybody willing to program in C and expecting his programs to run in every platform
 The Contradicted ANSI C Standard. July 27, 1997
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
The American National Standards Institute sells ISO 9899:1990 (the C language standard) for around $130. Schildt's annotated version sells for about $30-40. The price difference reflects the value of the annotations. At no time do the annotations clarify, enhance, or supplement the standard. The difficult or obscure points are often ignored; occasionally, "clarifying" text is added which flatly contradicts the meaning of the text. To comprehend how bad this really is, understand that 9899:1990 is the Standard; 9899-1990, as the book refers to it, would refer to the one thousand, nine hundred and ninetieth revision of that standard. Truly, incompetent from cover to cover, even including the spine. The redeeming feature? Despite (in at least one edition) a missing page of the standard, a few missing punctuation marks, and a few other botches, this does contain the text of the standard as it stood in 1990.
Good for the ANSI C reference, bad for the annotations. July 23, 1997
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Schildt's annotations to the reference are in some cases misleading, in some cases confusing, and in many case just plain wrong. I'd recommend this book for someone who isn't able or willing to get the ANSI C reference directly from ANSI itself, but don't get it for the annotations.
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