Re: Best book on C gotchas and best practices?

From	ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c.moderated
Subject	Re: Best book on C gotchas and best practices?
Date	2013-07-31 21:22 -0500
Organization	Forte Inc. http://www.forteinc.com/apn/
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:57:04 -0500 (CDT), Chicken McNuggets
<chicken@mcnuggets.com> wrote:

>I'm pretty up to speed with C but I still feel there are areas that I 
>make mistakes in my design and implementation. Would anyone recommend 
>the best book that deals with these kinds of issues? Obviously I already 
>have K&R, and the C11 standard document for reference but I was looking 
>for something a bit more focused on how to avoid common mistakes or 
>anti-patterns.
>

While not C specific, every begining programmer should add Steve
McConnell's "Code Complete" 2nd edition to their library. 

http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670

-ralph
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Best book on C gotchas and best practices? Chicken McNuggets <chicken@mcnuggets.com> - 2013-07-30 21:57 -0500
  Re: Best book on C gotchas and best practices? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-07-31 21:21 -0500
    Re: Best book on C gotchas and best practices? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-01 12:57 -0500
      Re: Best book on C gotchas and best practices? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-08-01 21:06 -0500
  Re: Best book on C gotchas and best practices? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-31 21:22 -0500
  Re: Best book on C gotchas and best practices? Chris Riesbeck <Chris.Riesbeck@gmail.com> - 2013-07-31 21:23 -0500
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