C programming

C programming

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C Programming

An essay On becoming an expert C programmer
Steve Summit's Introductory C Programming
Steve Summit's Introductory C Programming Class Notes; standalone version
Henry Spencer's 10 Commandments for C Programmers, with notes from chongo
Rob Pike's essay On Style for C programmers
Eddie Meyer's C programming resources on the web

C Books

K&R's C Programming Language ANSI C 2nd edition; the canonical C book
- Bell Lab's Errata for K&R
- Peter Seebach's Errata for K&R
- Steve Summit's C Programming Notes for use with K&R
Peter van der Linden's Expert C programming
Andrew Koeniq's C Traps and Pitfalls

C FAQ

comp.lang.c's Frequently Asked Questions about C
Peter Seebach's Infrequently Asked Questions about C

C Language - Misc Details

C Precedence table

C Language - References and Standards

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 C language definition
N843, official committee document of what will one day be the next C standard
Clive Feather's brief description of the Normative Addentum 1 (NA1); ANSI's additional C language features
Normative changes to ISO/IEC 9899:1990; technical changes from ANSI NA1 as adopted by ISO
Paul Effert's Technical Corrigendum 2 summary; defect reports in NA1 resulted in a 2nd set of small technical changes (TC2)
Yacc C grammar for ANSI C
Lex C specification for ANSI C

A final note

Dear Reader:
From time to time I receive EMail from people who ask for training / tutoring / help in learning to program (frequently in the C language). These requests are almost always very kind messages heart felt requests for assistance.
NOTE: If you were asking about programming in general, start with the C language. Start with the references found on this page.
I wish I had time to help each and every requester, but I do not. If you have been referred to this page my me, please understand that I not ignoring your request; I simply do not have the time and energy to honor each request personally. I created and I maintain this page for you in the hopes that it will help.
Best wishes,
Landon Curt Noll

Landon Curt Noll
chongo <was here> /\oo/\