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The history of C Programming and the Unix operating system are tightly integrated. C was born from necessity as the first Unix developers grew frustrated with writing the operating system in PDP assembler (machine) language. C is a very simple, compact and low-level programming language—leading some to describe it as a “high-level assembler.” As such, software produced from it is extremely fast and efficient, making it the dominate language for system and server software, and even many applications.

The vast majority of the other languages, servers, applications, database systems and other software described in this Resource Directory are written in C. For all of these reasons (and because C is also highly portable) the Apache Web server, for instance, will complile on a wide variety of platforms and operating systems with ease.

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• 1.The C Programming Language

  The classic book on C, from the authors of the language. [56]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/
  Author:
  Brian Kernighan
  [1]
  Reviewed:Monday, April 4th, 2005 @ 9:31 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  The C Programming Language clanguagesprogramming
   

• 2.C/C++ Source Code Search Engine

  Search over 120 million lines of open-source C/C++ code, and the engine actually understands the C/C++ syntax, thus giving better results. The results are line-numbered, syntax highlighted, and you can alter the colors under preferences. New: browse mode. [1492]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://csourcesearch.net/
  Author:
  Robert Schultz
  [1]
  Reviewed:Wednesday, August 17th, 2005 @ 12:33 AM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  C/C++ Source Code Search Engine ccodeopen sourceprogrammingsearch
   

• 3.Programming: C

  C is a popular programming language, designed for low-level Unix systems programming but expanded to cover a variety of applications. This textbook will explain some of the history, details, use, and practices of the C language. [64]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:C
  Author:
  Contributors
  [11]
  Reviewed:Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 @ 4:58 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Programming: C cebookhistorylanguagesprogrammingunix
   

• 4.comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions

  An HTML version of the comp.lang.c FAQ: a collection of questions commonly asked on Usenet, together with presumably definitive answers. [69]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
  Author:
  Steve Summit
  [1]
  Reviewed:Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 @ 2:22 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions cfaqlanguagesprogramming
   

• 5.Programming in C

  C resources including ANSI C, literature, history and culture. [60]

  ★★★★★
  URI:http://quut.com/c/
  Author:
  Jutta Degener
  [2]
  Reviewed:Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 @ 1:11 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Programming in C cculturehistoryprogramming
   

• 6.The Development of the C Language

  The C programming language was devised in the early 1970s as a system implementation language for the nascent Unix operating system. This paper studies its evolution. [57]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html
  Author:
  Dennis Ritchie
  [2]
  Reviewed:Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 @ 1:10 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  The Development of the C Language chistorylanguagesprogrammingunix
   

• 7.The C Book

  Whether you are new to C and want to learn it, or already know the older version of the language but want to find out more about the new standard. [65]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/
  Author:
  Mike Banahan
  [1]
  Reviewed:Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 @ 1:26 AM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  The C Book cebooklanguagesprogramming
   

• 8.The GNU Compiler Collection

  The GCC development effort uses an open development environment and supports many other platforms in order to foster a world-class optimizing compiler. [59]

  ★★★★★
  URI:http://gcc.gnu.org/
  Author:
  GCC Team
  [1]
  Reviewed:Monday, April 4th, 2005 @ 9:57 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  The GNU Compiler Collection cgnulanguagesprogramming
   

• 9.Are you Ready for C99?

  ANSI and the ISO ratified the newest draft of the C standard in 1999 and unleashed the biggest changes to the language to date. New keywords, library functions, and macros are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the new improved C. [58]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/2/23/194544/139
  Author:
  Dare Obasanjo
  [1]
  Reviewed:Monday, April 4th, 2005 @ 9:32 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Are you Ready for C99? clanguagesprogrammingstandards
   

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