Notes on Programming in C by Rob Pike

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z_open · 58m ago

Not this article again. His opinions on include files don't make sense anymore. Modern compilers keep track of what includes are necessary to reprocess.

b_e_n_t_o_n · 1h ago

I find I agree with almost everything except comments, and looking through the Go source code makes me think he either changed his mind somewhat or his coworkers had opposed opinions on the matter.

gnabgib · 9h ago

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Notes on Programming in C by Rob Pike

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