The C Programming Language
This page is a collection of links related to the C programming language.
People
Brian W. Kernighan
Dennis Ritchie
P.J. Plauger
Rob Pike
Steve Summit
Free Compilers
GNU C Compiler: The most famous and
widely used at present. Primarly for Unix and Unix-like platforms.
DJGPP: Port of the GNU development utilties to
the Intel 32-bit platforms.
Cygwin: This is an environment and a port of most GNU
utilties including the GCC set to the Windows platform.
MinGW: Minimalist GNU for Windows.
Includes support for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
Turbo C: Remember
Turbo C from Borland? Now it is available as a free download. Though it's a little out of
date, it still is extremely usable.
Borland C++
Builder: The compiler and command line tools are available as a free download.
OpenWatcom Compilers: The original Watcom
compilers are now available as open source software.
Digital Mars C/C++
Compiler: Offshoot of the Zortech/Symantec C/C++ Compilers (probably it is the Zortech
compiler re-incarnated). Touted as drop in replacements for the Symantec C/C++
compilers.
lcc: Portable compiler for ANSI C.
lcc-win32: Free for non-commerical
use. Windows support with IDE, etc.
Pelles C: Based on lcc. With IDE, etc
for Windows platform.
Ch: This is actually an interpreter.
Standard edition is free.
EiC: Extensible Interactive C. Another
interpreter.
References
Dinkum C Library Reference
The International C Standardization Working
Group: Links to the actual standards and other documents
Steve Summit's C FAQ: Online
version. There is also a book.
Books
The C Programming Language, Brian W. Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie, Prentice-Hall Publishing: The original book that introduced the C programming language. Popularly known as K&R.
The Practice of Programming, Brian W. Kernighan & Rob Pike, Addison-Wesley, Inc.
Elements of Programming Style, Brian W. Kernighan & PJ Plauger
The Standard C Library, PJ Plauger
Standard C: A Reference, PJ Plauger & Jim Brodie
The Practice of Programming, Brian W. Kernighan & Rob Pike
C: A Reference Manual, Samuel P. Harbison & Guy L. Steele
Interesting Articles
History of development of the C programming language
Tutorials
Debugging and Analyzing C and C++ Programs
Programming
Henry Spencer's Ten Commandments for C Programmers
Splint is a sophisticated lint program that also checks for security vulnerabilities in C code
Vault is a safe version of the C language being developed at Microsoft Research
Information about a whole bunch of code comprehension tools is here
Tools
cinclude2dot (old, new): Generates a graph of the #include relationships within a C source tree using graphviz
Doxygen: Generate documentation from source code
Source code comprehension tools
Miscellaneous
A wonderful collection of links and information is here
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest
J. Blustein's C Programming Language Resources
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