I vaguely recall the whole fallout where it was revealed he clearly did not understand undefined behavior, and I believe he did walk back and accept his misunde

I vaguely recall the whole fallout where it was revealed he clearly did not understand undefined behavior, and I believe he did walk back and accept his misunderstanding. That said, yes it is damned annoying to have someone that doesn't understand the intricate details of the language poop all over that community and act as if "well i've contributed lots of code in C, why listen to a bunch of language lawyers, that isn't important anyway" as if the two are mutually exclusive. There are some of us that have been using C for years for actual work and are also intricately familiar with the prickly details of the standard. Those are the people that you should be looking for C books. Zed Shaw consistently shows he would rather hear the sound of his own voice and diminish things that are uninteresting to him rather than put in that work to become an expert on all facets of the topic he is claiming expertise. https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/16422/zed-shaw-gets-schooled-on-c-undefined-behavior https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/16422/zed-shaw-gets-schoo...