[H-GEN] IP Filter Talk

[Greg Black]

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Sandra Milne wrote:

| >Although K&R is the best book I know of on its topic, it's
| >neither definitive (which is the role of the standard) nor
| >entirely correct -- but it's still a good idea to know it.
| 
| Could we please have the acronym unwound for the n00bs amongst us?

K is Brian W Kernighan, R is Dennis M Ritchie.  They authored a
book called "The C Programming Language".  The 1st edition of
the book appeared in 1978 and became known by some as "the white
book" and by others as "K&R".  The 2nd edition appeared in 1988
and covered the then about-to-appear standard covering C.  It
became known as "K&R2" in situations where it seemed useful to
distinguish between editions.  Few people were better qualified
to write such a book and it has become an enduring classic.  Not
everybody likes it, although many people who make their living
by writing C (including me) learned it from K&R and think very
fondly of it for that reason.

Greg

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