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Discussion on: A Short History on the C Programming Language

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Aaron McCollum

That's awesome. I looked online for documentation for the language and didn't find anything like what you can find with newer languages. I read that you have to pay for it?

Do you have the book? If so, what do you think of it? Would you say it's a "must have" for developers?

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Andrew Clayton

I read that you have to pay for it?

For the official specs I believe so, however working drafts are made freely available. Such as (C11) open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/do...

en.cppreference.com/w/c is good for a quick reference guide.

Do you have the book? If so, what do you think of it? Would you say it's a "must have" for developers?

I have the second edition of The C Programming Language in both paperback and ebook. I wish I had it when I first looked at C 25+ years ago... The book is like the language itself, short and to the point.