Re: C Language Kernighan Ritchie

From: Dave Von Pless (drdvpTREE_at_freeshell.org)
Date: 01/22/04 

Date: 22 Jan 2004 20:12:39 GMT

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:01:46 -0600, Randy Howard wrote:
> In article <40101470.4090606@mail.com>, JSmith@mail.com says...
>> Public libraries are generally very poor sources for computer books;
>> they just don't have the funding to keep up to date.
>
> Very true. I just went to the local library recently for a mission
> to find a book on a fairly narrow subject, which of course they
> didn't have. While I was there, I checked out their so-called
> computer book section. About 4.5 feet of 10-15 year old books.
> I asked about donating books to the library (that were at least
> more current than those on the shelf). They told me that donated
> books would be sold in the next fund-raiser. *sigh*

So true. The Cuyahoga County Public Library (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) claims
to be 'one of the 10 busiest library systems in the US' [1]
The computer book section has a few 'for Dummies' books.
The have two copies of Concrete Mathematics, their only Knuth entry.
Kernighan & Plauger's Elements of Programming Style is the sole BWK work.

They do have a good selection of blues CD's though.

1. http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/aboutlibrary/about.htm

Dave 

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