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Notes on Programming in C – Rob Pike (1989)
What follows is a set of short essays that collectively encourage a philosophy of clarity in programming rather than giving hard rules. I don't expect you to agree with all of them, because they are opinion and opinions change with the times. But they've been accumulating in my head, if not on paper until now, for a…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Mar 12, 2017 | Notes on Programming in C – Rob Pike (1989) by mabynogy | 134 | 39 |
| Nov 9, 2010 | Rob Pike: Notes on Programming in C by ssp | 122 | 111 |
| May 11, 2014 | Notes on Programming in C (1989) by scapbi | 54 | 51 |
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