There is a short answer, but this a borderline religious discussion, so it requires some context first. I've hired many software engineers, and the single most valuable skill is the ability to pick up ...

If you’re going to be a hacker, learning C is a rite of passage. If you don’t have much experience with C, or if your experience is out of date, you very well may benefit from hearing [Nic Barker] ...

How do I learn the C programming language on my Apple Mac? The C programming language has been around since the 1970s, but it has never gone out of style, and learning C is one of the best computer ...

The awesome power of C cuts both ways. Here’s what to watch out for, and how to keep your C programs on the straight and narrow. Few programming languages can match C for sheer speed and machine-level ...

Separating interface from implementation has many practical benefits. Here’s a simple way to do just that, in ANSI-standard C code. How do you organize medium-sized or larger C programs? Few C ...

Not quite 20 years ago, I was consulting for Symbolics, working on a Windows front end for PC Macsyma. I was writing Windows code in C, and working closely with a Symbolics LISP programmer named Frank ...

If you thought that C is the kind of language that only 60-year-old white men know, think again. Yeah, it’s the dinosaur among today’s programming languages. But it’s still alive and kicking in more ...