The Ten Commandments For C Programmers by H. Spencer (1987)
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#2Looks better rendered in PDF: https://www.unur.com/10cfcp.pdf
groff -ms -Tps 10cfcp.in > 10cfcp.ps
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#3> Thou shalt study thy libraries and strive not to re-invent them without cause,
that thy code may be short and readable and thy days pleasant and productive.
Just reading through the list of names of libraries in a package manager is more than I can handle, let alone reading through their APIs. I imagine this was a bit more possible to do in the 80s. Still though, I wish there was a more manageable way to handle this.
Re: The Ten Commandments For C Programmers by H. Spencer (1987)
#4>Thou shalt foreswear, renounce, and abjure the vile heresy which claimeth that ``All the world's a VAX'',
We could update that to "All the world's linux" today.
Re: The Ten Commandments For C Programmers by H. Spencer (1987)
#5>Thou shalt foreswear, renounce, and abjure the vile heresy which claimeth that ``All the world's a VAX'', We could update that to "All the world's linux" today.
More directly comparable to renouncing “All the world’s an x86” around now.
Re: The Ten Commandments For C Programmers by H. Spencer (1987)
#6The last thing we need right now is more antivax propaganda.
Re: The Ten Commandments For C Programmers by H. Spencer (1987)
#7Ah, I remember seeing this when it was first posted in comp.lang.c and being duly impressed. I had definitely a printed typeset copy in various work environments.
Remember, it was a time when the language had no function prototypes, and we were seeing more and more code abusing parameter passing and value returning by "knowing" what happens.
Re-reading it now, I'm amazed on how general the commandments are, the underlying wisdom applicable to any language and system.