C Traps and Pitfalls

C, with its direct access to memory, is a very powerful, simple and non-imposing programming language. But with its freedom comes a stack of gotchas. This book introduces quite a few. Reading the book I got a better feeling for the C language. Knowing the gotchas makes C less scary, and makes you aware of other, new pitfalls you might encounter yourself.

The book is very old by now; More than fifteen years, which is almost a millenium in computer years. Nevertheless, C is still actively used in industry today, and most information in this book can be applied today.

The book is 141 pages, but it is condensed, no fluff for junior programmers, no simple examples to keep the crowd interested. I like that. And Andrew Koenig is a good writer.