Note from author: This page was primarily designed for Java programmers looking to learn and use the C language. The page was written for students taking the Operating Systems Course at Cornell University, but (hopefully) should serve a general audience.

Section slides:

• C for Java programmers

K & R: (the C reference)

• Kernighan & Ritchie: The C Programming Language ("K&R" for short)
  • on reserve in the Engineering library
  • a must-own for every non-trivial C-programmer
• C Programming Notes (notes on K&R)
• Errata for The C Programming Language, Second Edition
• The C Answer Book Solutions to the Exercises in K&R

C versus other languages: (differences and similarities with Java, Pascal)

• C for Java Programmers (slides)
• Pascal-Java-C Comparisons

Umpteen C tutorials from google.com :

• Brian W. Kernighan - Programming in C A Tutorial
• C Language Tutorial
• C Programming
• C language tutorial

C-style guide: (for writing understandable and debuggable code)

• Recommended C Style and Coding Standards

Miscellanous C stuff:

• Chistory - a paper on the history of developement of the C language, by Ritchie.

General interesting OS stuff:

• tunes.org - Review of Operating Systems
• tunes.org - Review of existing Languages
• How (and how not) to write a systems paper, dated 9th SOSP, 1983.

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