Direct from Yashwant Kanetkar - Author of Let Us C

[The_Big_K]

CEans!

Good news for all of you!

Mr. Yashwant Kanetkar, renowned author of 'Let us C', has agreed for a small talk with CE !

This time, we want to do it differently. If you have questions for Mr. Kanetkar, please post them in this thread. The best questions will be picked up & will be included in our questionnaire!

We have 3 more days to collect the questions. So let's get started. Post your questions!

-The Big K-

[The_Big_K]

Oh yes, forgot to add - Make sure your questions are the 'Interview' Questions. Don't post your 'C/C++' related problems

-The Big K-

[ash]

"Can I have a complimentary copy of your book, pretty please?"

[The_Big_K]

Originally Posted by ash

"Can I have a complimentary copy of your book, pretty please?"

You think I'm joking? Can we have better questions, please

-The Big K-

[ash]

Sorry Hey, who knows, maybe you need to add some humour in the interview to lighten things up! Anyway, I'm not too familiar with the author, so I just googled him up.

what about: "What is the main challenge to author/write about a technical language such as C so that even those who have no knowledge in it will quickly learn"... or something like that. hmm..

[The_Big_K]

Originally Posted by ash

Sorry Hey, who knows, maybe you need to add some humour in the interview to lighten things up! Anyway, I'm not too familiar with the author, so I just googled him up.

what about: "What is the main challenge to author/write about a technical language such as C so that even those who have no knowledge in it will quickly learn"... or something like that. hmm..

Good question, Ash !

I don't know about Malaysia, but "Let us C" is read by almost all CS students in India . What say, fellas? Have you read 'Let us C'?

He has many top ranking titles to his credit. I'm going to ask him about his early days after post graduation. Of course, its not going to be a 'serious' interview. But this is our chance to extract as much as possible (with the possible exception of complimentary books) in a short time.

So there will be serious, techie type of questions (hopefully) and a rapid fire which is going to be 'funny'

Keep flooding your questions, fellas!

-The Big K-

[ash]

How about something like.. what is the importance of C in today's world.. or what is the future of C with the advent of JAVA and stuff.

Or do you think those are too general?

[The_Big_K]

Good questions, waiting for more!

CEans! Keep adding your questions!

-The Big K-

[Elisa]

"Sir, you are a mechanical engineer. What motivated you to join the computer world?"

and

"Tell us about the toughest programming challenge you have faced in your career"

Please tell me if these questions look ok. I will add more later.

[xheavenlyx]

Wow, good Q's Elisa! and yea we should have more humor like, is it possible for youto give all the members of CE a free copy? OR a little more serious.

"What do you think about your books being sold by street vendors for half the price?? Do you support free distribution of knowledge?"

OR something more serious.

"What made you getup one fine morning and think of writing a book? What was your motivation?"

And beggie if he can join the forum, we will fry him up with much more difficult questions.