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From: hascall@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Requests for nominations of Great C Code (Was Re: Texts ...
Keywords: Great C Code
Message-ID: <942@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 1 Apr 89 17:45:00 GMT
References: <354@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <433@algor2.UUCP>
Reply-To: hascall@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall)
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Organization: Iowa State Univ. Computation Center
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In article <433@algor2.UUCP> jeffrey@algor2.UUCP (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:
>In article <354@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> isaac@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (isaac.j.champagne) writes:
>> It seems like the "how to" of programming may be more important than
>> lots of theories.

>To become a "great" C programmer, I feel the best way is to study
>the works of the masters.

>I am very interested in the answers others have to the following:  What ts
>the best C code you have ever read?  Let me impose these restrictions:
 
   I'd like to cast a negative vote for
   the 4.2 BSD Un*x source, wholly unreadable.  :-)
 
   John Hascall
   ISU Comp Center