{"id":1242,"date":"2021-08-19T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systev.com\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2023-07-21T07:34:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T05:34:55","slug":"c-a-list-of-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systev.com\/c-a-list-of-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"C &#8211; a list of resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Updated: 21-Jul-2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Language<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/gnu-c-manual\/gnu-c-manual.html\" target=\"_blank\">The GNU C Reference Manual<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/libc\/manual\/html_node\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The GNU C Library Reference Manual<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gcc.gnu.org\/onlinedocs\/cpp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The GNU C Preprocessor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acm.uiuc.edu\/webmonkeys\/book\/c_guide\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The C Library Reference Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/en.cppreference.com\/w\/c\" target=\"_blank\">C reference<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/c-faq.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">comp.lang.c FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cplusplus.com\/reference\/cstdio\/printf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Summary of formatted output (printf)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/make\/manual\/\" target=\"_blank\">GNU Make Manual<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/modernc.gforge.inria.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Modern C<\/a> &#8211; Jens Gustedt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C11:\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/electronics-blogs\/cole-bin\/4437710\/Doing-C-language-programming-for-the-21st-century-\" target=\"_blank\">a very rapid overview and some links to more information about the latest C standard, C11<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the latest publicly available version of the C11 standard is the document <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open-std.org\/JTC1\/SC22\/WG14\/www\/docs\/n1570.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WG14 N1570, dated 2011-04-12<\/a>. This is a WG14 working paper, but it reflects what was to become the standard at the time of issue (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open-std.org\/JTC1\/SC22\/WG14\/www\/standards.html#9899\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C99:\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open-std.org\/JTC1\/SC22\/WG14\/www\/docs\/C99RationaleV5.10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Rationale for International Standard &#8211; Programming Languages &#8211; C<\/a> (C99)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the latest publicly available version of the C99 standard is the combined C99 + TC1 + TC2 + TC3, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open-std.org\/JTC1\/SC22\/WG14\/www\/docs\/n1256.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WG14 N1256, dated 2007-09-07<\/a>. This is a WG14 working paper, but it reflects the consolidated standard at the time of issue (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open-std.org\/JTC1\/SC22\/WG14\/www\/standards.html#9899\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embedded C:\n<ul>\n<li>the latest draft, approved for publication, is in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open-std.org\/JTC1\/SC22\/WG14\/www\/docs\/n1169.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">document N1169<\/a> (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open-std.org\/JTC1\/SC22\/WG14\/www\/projects#18037\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memory allocation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C_dynamic_memory_allocation\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia article on C dynamic memory allocation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/prototyping-and-development\/4007569\/1\/The-yin-and-yang-of-dynamic-allocation\" target=\"_blank\">static, automatic and dynamic storage<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/programming-languages-and-tools\/4416457\/EMB-tm-6-15-13-Dynamic-memory-and-heap-contiguity\" target=\"_blank\">why dynamic memory should be handled with care<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/prototyping-and-development\/4007638\/1\/Memory-allocation-in-C\" target=\"_blank\">an example of a memory allocator (quite an old article)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>three articles on stacks and heap:\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/debug-and-optimization\/4394132\/Mastering-stack-and-heap-for-system-reliability--Part-1---Calculating-stack-size\" target=\"_blank\">calculating stack size<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/debug-and-optimization\/4397656\/Mastering-stack-and-heap-for-system-reliability--Part-2---Properly-allocating-stacks\" target=\"_blank\">properly allocating stacks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/debug-and-optimization\/4398519\/Mastering-stack-and-heap-for-system-reliability--Part-3--Avoiding-heap-errors\" target=\"_blank\">avoiding heap errors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/libc\/manual\/html_node\/Unconstrained-Allocation.html#Unconstrained-Allocation\" target=\"_blank\">GNU C: functions that can be useful when dealing with memory allocation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flexible arrays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.kernel.org\/kees\/bounded-flexible-arrays-in-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bounded Flexible Arrays in C<\/a> &#8211; Kees Cook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gcc.gnu.org\/onlinedocs\/gcc\/Zero-Length.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arrays of Length Zero<\/a> &#8211; GCC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.sei.cmu.edu\/confluence\/display\/c\/DCL38-C.+Use+the+correct+syntax+when+declaring+a+flexible+array+member\" target=\"_blank\">Use the correct syntax when declaring a flexible array me<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.sei.cmu.edu\/confluence\/display\/c\/DCL38-C.+Use+the+correct+syntax+when+declaring+a+flexible+array+member\" target=\"_blank\">m<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.sei.cmu.edu\/confluence\/display\/c\/DCL38-C.+Use+the+correct+syntax+when+declaring+a+flexible+array+member\" target=\"_blank\">b<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.sei.cmu.edu\/confluence\/display\/c\/DCL38-C.+Use+the+correct+syntax+when+declaring+a+flexible+array+member\" target=\"_blank\">e<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.sei.cmu.edu\/confluence\/display\/c\/DCL38-C.+Use+the+correct+syntax+when+declaring+a+flexible+array+member\" target=\"_blank\">r<\/a> &#8211; SEI CERT C Coding Standard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undefined behavior<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yodaiken.com\/2021\/10\/06\/plos-2021-paper-how-iso-c-became-unusable-for-operating-system-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How ISO C became unusable for operating systems development<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.regehr.org\/archives\/213\" target=\"_blank\">A Guide to Undefined Behavior in C and C++<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.llvm.org\/2011\/05\/what-every-c-programmer-should-know.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Every C Programmer Should Know About Undefined Behavior<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/spin.atomicobject.com\/2016\/08\/26\/makefile-c-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Super-Simple Makefile for Medium-Sized C\/C++ Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volatile keyword<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/barrgroup.com\/Embedded-Systems\/How-To\/C-Volatile-Keyword\" target=\"_blank\">How to Use C&#8217;s volatile Keyword<\/a> (Barr Group)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/programming-languages-and-tools\/4442490\/3\/C-keywords--Don-t-flame-out-over-volatile\" target=\"_blank\">C keywords: Don&#8217;t flame out over volatile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.regehr.org\/archives\/28\" target=\"_blank\">Nine ways to break your systems code using volatile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coding standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securecoding.cert.org\/confluence\/display\/c\/SEI+CERT+C+Coding+Standard\" target=\"_blank\">SEI CERT C Coding Standard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cornell.edu\/People\/egs\/comp303\/tutorials\/cstyle.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">updated version of the Indian Hill C Style and Coding Standards paper &#8211; 1997<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.github.io\/styleguide\/cppguide.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google C++ Style Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/barrgroup.com\/Embedded-Systems\/Books\/Embedded-C-Coding-Standard\" target=\"_blank\">Barr Group&#8217;s Embedded C Coding Standard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssi.gouv.fr\/en\/guide\/rules-for-secure-c-language-software-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rules for secure C language software development<\/a> &#8211; ANSSI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/download?doi=10.1.1.38.3950&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Notes on writing portable programs in C<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.princeton.edu\/courses\/archive\/spr06\/cos217\/lectures\/24portable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Writing portable programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Wikipedia: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_unit_testing_frameworks#C\" target=\"_blank\">a list of C unit testing frameworks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obfuscation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ColinIanKing\/christmas-obfuscated-C\/blob\/master\/tricks\/obfuscation-tricks.txt\" target=\"_blank\">some obfuscation tricks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.throwtheswitch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ThrowTheSwitch.org<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Unity:<\/em> unit testing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>CMock:<\/em> generation of stubs and mocks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ceedling:<\/em> test build management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>CException:<\/em> exception handling for C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Network programming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/beej.us\/guide\/bgnet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beej&#8217;s Guide to Network Programming Using Internet Sockets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bell-labs.com\/usr\/dmr\/www\/chist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Development of the C Language<\/a> &#8211; Dennis M. 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