On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Matthew Dempsky <matt...@dempsky.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Amit Kulkarni <amitk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> yes it is, and i am surprised it is ~ $50. it is such a small book. > > FWIW, you can read the C specification drafts online for free: > > C89: http://flash-gordon.me.uk/ansi.c.txt > C99: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1124.pdf > C11: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf > > If you're interested in more UNIX-specific stuff (e.g., POSIX, ELF, > various platform specific bits), the uclibc projects keeps a good > index of resources at http://www.uclibc.org/specs.html. > > That said, specs are not the friendliest way to learn about something > for the first time, but they're pretty handy as a reference.
^^^ this is a very informative post. i will bookmark these sites. openbsd is teh way i have learnt about POSIX and standards.
