The best resource I've found was "The Unix Programming Environment," which goes beyond the C language and into using common libraries and organizing C projects

The best resource I've found was "The Unix Programming Environment," which goes beyond the C language and into using common libraries and organizing C projects with make and other tools. Other than that, some food for thought on use of C in the real world is this article by Rob Pike, "Notes on Programming in C:" http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/pikestyle.html http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/pikestyle.html