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   w96k (w96k@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Sep-2022 08:35:10 JST w96k

   Richard Stallman has made GNU C reference documentation. He announced it on his last public stream.

   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2022-09/msg00005.html

   I have rendered current version in pdf and html formats. You can download source code and use it info and other formats.

   https://w96k.dev/public/doc/gnu-c/

   #GNU

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     w96k (w96k@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Sep-2022 08:35:07 JST w96k

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     • pixelherodev

     @pixelherodev Debian Reference Manual: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/

     I know it is hard to achieve, but C is not that hard language, tooling and lack of documentation makes it much less accessible.

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     pixelherodev (pixelherodev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Sep-2022 08:35:09 JST pixelherodev

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     @w96k I'm not a fan of GNU C, but I have no issue with people using it; I use a *different* nonstandard dialect (Ken C).

     What I really dislike is Stallman perpetuating the idea that language matters. If it was a reference manual for GNU C, that would be alright, but the advice to use it to learn C is terrible.

     If you know basic programming concepts but not C, you do NOT need 200 pages to learn C. You need like 20, of which 10 are about the lang and 10 are pitfalls like the promotion rules.

     PublicLewdness repeated this.