Notes on Programming in C by Rob Pike

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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.

z_open · 1h 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.

gnabgib · 10h ago

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Notes on Programming in C by Rob Pike

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