The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
 

The Practice of Programming

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

Coauthored by Brian Kernighan, one of the pioneers of the C programming language, The Practice of Programming is a manual of good programming style that will help any C/C++ or Java developer create faster, more maintainable code.
Early sections look at some of the pitfalls of C/C++, with numerous real-world excerpts of confusing or incorrect code. The authors offer many tips and solutions,... (read more)

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I thought it was boring and pointless. Then I thought of all the bad code I'd seen and how many people I wish would follow its standards. Now I see how useful it is.

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