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The C Programming Language
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by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie (2nd edition, published by Prentice Hall) In the index, on page 269: recursion 86, 139, 141, 182, 202, 269Thanks to R.C. for contributing this entry. [Added 2000-01-01]
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Dave
writes: What about the squirrel? Don't forget the squirrel reference. I don't have my copy in front of me, and I'm not sure which edition it's in. | ||
[53] Posted on Tuesday, 31 October 2006 at 13:26 GMT [Reply to this] [Permalink] |
Tal Cohen
writes in reply to Dave: What about the squirrel? I found nothing about this --- care to enlighten me? | ||
[56] Posted on Tuesday, 31 October 2006 at 22:51 GMT [Reply to this] [Permalink] |
Ben Levy
writes in reply to Dave: What about the squirrel? In the first edition, page 227 says squirrel 131 Page 131 has a discussion about binary trees and recursion, but no references to squirrels. The first edition does not have a recursive entry in the index under recursion. | ||
[61] Posted on Friday, 03 November 2006 at 20:32 GMT [Reply to this] [Permalink] |
Chuck
writes in reply to Ben Levy: What about the squirrel? About halfway down the page, there is a sentence saying ''... and alloc, to provide space for squirreling the words away.'' | ||
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