Just passing on my own thoughts as nobody responded here Daniel. If someone asked me the best way to learn C I’d still recommend them to Kernighan & Ritchie’s book The C Programming Language which was published in 1978 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language) although republished in 1988.
Interesting comment in the wikipedia reference above: "Because the book was co-authored by the original language designer, and because the first edition of the book served for many years as the de facto standard for the language, the book was regarded by many to be the authoritative reference on C." In this regard the J Dictionary would also be considered the authoritative reference for how Ken laid down the fundamental design principles of J and is regarded that way, which he did evolve until 2002, but then passed away in October 2004. So it is never really “out of date” but moreso “preserved” (perhaps one day, after people experiment in new “dialects” and implementations (courtesy of the open source licence) an updated edition may appear). Regards Rob > On 21 Nov 2017, at 9:40 am, Daniel Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is very useful, although this copy appears to be from 2002—is that > right? I am somewhat leery about documentation 15 years out of date, although > I imagine not much has changed. For $9 it’s probably worth it. > > Thanks, > >> On Nov 20, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Christian G. Warden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You can download the pdf >> (https://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall11/CSCI-GA.2110-001/jdict.pdf), and >> get a printed copy from lulu.com for about $9 if you wait for a free >> shipping promotion. >> >> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 09:30:16PM -0700, Daniel Lyons wrote: >>> Are there public sources for the documentation? Especially the >>> Dictionary. I'd like a hardcopy of the whole thing; I understand >>> there aren't printed copies for sale, but I have a printer and like >>> tinkering with TeX and whatnot, and it will likely be more work >>> starting from the provided HTML than from something else (I assume). >>> >>> -- >>> Daniel Lyons >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > Daniel Lyons > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
