i never realised that was the same guy steele! (to be fair, it's harbison and steele, so he's second author and it's not clear how much was his work).

i've mentioned preferring this book over k&r here before, but as someone pointed out they do slightly different things - k&r is more about teaching how to use c.

but apart from all that, how come you get to use fortress frequently? what are you doing? is it becoming more popular? has it survived oracle?