C Elements of Style

Author(s) : Steve Oualline
Publication date : Nov 1992
ISBN : 1-558-51291-8
Publisher : Hungry Minds, Inc.

Book excerpts:

C Elements of Style attempts to show you how to build a good programming style into your code. Since computer reads only the code and the human concentrates on the comments, a good programming style pertains to both parts of a program.

The ultimate goal is to build a well-designed, well-written code which not only make an effective use of the computer and but also contains careful constructed comments to help humans understand it. This condition will ease the debugging, maintenance and enhancement process, which will eventually improve the readability, portability, reliability and maintainability of your code.

Inside, you will find guidelines on writing comments, program heading, determining variable names, statement formatting, statement details, writing preprocessor, organizing directories and creating makefile.

Whether you're a student or professional programmer, you'll benefit from the many tips and techniques for constructing elegant and reliable code.

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