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Anyone who wants a very good modern C book that's only 272 pages, take a look at 'Effective C - An Introduction to Professional C Programming by Robert C. Seaco
by throwaway20014 5y ago
Anyone who wants a very good modern C book that's only 272 pages, take a look at 'Effective C - An Introduction to Professional C Programming
by Robert C. Seacord. [1]. It's from 2020.
Robert Seacord is a Technical Director at NCC Group where he develops and delivers secure coding training in C, C++, and other languages. Seacord is an expert on the C Standards committee. > That's some solid credentials. He focuses on secure C code in the book.
Here's a short article on why he wrote the book [2].
[1] https://nostarch.com/Effective_C https://nostarch.com/Effective_C
[2] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9237323 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9237323
- IgorPartola 5y agoHi Robert! :)
- throwaway20014 5y ago? . I'm not Robert. Just wanted to mention his book.
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- cptnapalm 5y agoI believe it's important to always mention in conjunction with this book that, after decades of existence, the No Starch finally discovered C's natural mascot: Cthulhu. Cthulhu is powerful, to be respected and feared and, if malignantly unleashed, will be the end of the world. Just like C.