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What has changed since “The C Programming Language”

My experience in C is mostly from second edition of The C Programming language which is a very old book. What has changed in C since it was released, what obsolete or deprecated functions should I avoid?

Solution

  • You can also look at the 'C' specifications that have come out since (like C99). These specs will indicate what they have added/removed/changed in relation to the previous standard.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C99

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C89_%28C_version%29

    If you want to see what the future holds for 'C', have a look at C1X, which is the upcoming 'C' standard.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C1x