The New C Standard
by Derek M. Jones · first published 2005
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This book contains a detailed analysis of the International Standard for the C language, excluding the library from a number of perspectives (general commentary, implementation details, comparison with 90/C++, coding guidelines, examples and usage). The organization of the material is unusual in that it is based on the actual text of the published C Standard. The unit of discussion is the individual sentences from the C Standard (2022 of them).
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…immediate started laughing and told me what a relief it was to hear they weren't the only ones with that experience. Ah, fun times. EDIT: One book I found invaluable when getting serious about C was "The New C Standard: A Cultural and Economic Commentary" by Derek Jones (http://knosof.co.uk/cbook). You can read it for free because the book ended up being to long for the publisher's printing presses or something like…
on “Everything I wish I knew when learning C” ↗…discussions on forums typically used by more devs than just a few dozens of compiler writers... [1]: but while I'm thinking about it, an impressive independent book as been written by Derek Jones: The New C Standard: An Economic and Cultural Commentary http://www.knosof.co.uk/cbook/cbook.html
on “Depressing and faintly terrifying days for the C standard [pdf]” ↗