Enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot

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1. coder4lifeJun 2022
   Enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot - rules for C/C++ programmers - Allen I. Holub https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0070296898/ref=dbs_a_def_r... - explained C++ to me in a way no others did

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2. coder4lifeSep 2021
   "Enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot - rules for C and C++ programmers" by Alan C Holub.

   And "Compiler design in C", also by him

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3. kornishFeb 2017
   There's a great book title that plays off this idea:

   "Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: Rules for C and C++ Programming" [0]

   It's also perhaps the best mixed metaphor I've ever encountered.

   [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Enough-Rope-Shoot-Yourself-Foot/dp/00...

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4. wrpApr 2016
   For good practices in writing high-reliability C, look at these:

   http://lars-lab.jpl.nasa.gov/JPL_Coding_Standard_C.pdf

   http://www.leshatton.org/MISRA_comp_1105.html

   http://www.leshatton.org/ISOC_subset1103.html

   http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/embedded-systems-d...

   For the related topic of secure code, these books are good:

   Mark Dowd. 2006. The Art of Software Security Assessment.

   Robert Seacord. 2013. Secure Coding in C and C++, 2e.

   For details on what is really going on inside C:

   Paul Anderson. 1998. Advanced C: Tips and Techniques.

   Kenneth Louden. 1997. Compiler Construction: Principles and Practice. Chapter 7.

   For C gotchas and general good practices:

   http://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/40/reference/CTrapsAndPitfalls....

   Allen Holub. 1995. Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot.

   P.J. Plauger. 1991. The Standard C Library. (It is partly a reference, but also has detailed discussion of the technical considerations faced in writing reliable code.)

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5. yesenadamFeb 2019
   Clean Code (2008) is at the top of my Books I wish I'd read 10 or 20 years earlier list, along with Refactoring (1999). They totally transformed the quality of my finished programs, in many ways. Some what I learnt may fit into "That's so obvious, why didn't I think of that", or making conscious the things you already do... Refactoring, just by naming and defining the activity, was useful. They're both talking about the programming equivalent of editing for writers. And how to do that, how to get from the 'dirty code' first draft to the 50th draft with everything as good as it can get. Do your future self (and other people) a favour - they're the ones who will have to read and understand your programs.

   A couple of years later I came across Allen Holub's Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: Rules for C and C++ Programming (1995). I didn't learn anything from it, but it contains almost all of what's in those 2 books, and was written years earlier, (so could have been read earlier), and I think he deserves more credit.

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6. xstartupFeb 2018
   McConnell, Steve. Code Complete. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1993.

   McConnell, Steve. Software Project Survival Guide. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1998.

   Maguire, Steve. Writing Solid Code. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1993.

   Ranade and Nash. The Elements of C Programming Style. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992.

   Kernighan and Plauger. The Elements of Programming Style. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982.

   Caner, Cem, et al. Testing Computer Software, Second Edition. New York: Wiley Computer Publishing, 1999.

   Hunt, Andrew, et al. The Pragmatic Programmer. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2000.

   Holub, Allen. Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: Rules for C and C++ Programming. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.

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