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> The most recent edition of the canonical C text (the excitingly named The C Programming Language) was published in 1988; C is so unfashionable that the author
by justinlardinois 10y ago
> The most recent edition of the canonical C text (the excitingly named The C Programming Language) was published in 1988; C is so unfashionable that the authors have neglected to update it in light of 30 years of progress in software engineering.
This is an odd argument. C has hardly changed or evolved since 1988, so there's not really a need for a new edition.
- vu3rdd 10y agoThe essence of the language has not changed. But C99 came out with a few nice things. There is also C11 which brought in a few new things as well. It would have been nice to bring the book up to C99. "Modern C" is a good book on some of the new features. http://icube-icps.unistra.fr/img_auth.php/d/db/ModernC.pdf
- justinlardinois 10y agoAfter reading up on C99 I take back what I said. I definitely thought some of those features were older than they are.