Re: Top 10 most common hard skills listed on resumes...

On 09/09/2024 13:03, James Kuyper wrote:

On 9/9/24 04:46, David Brown wrote:

On 08/09/2024 16:37, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

On 08.09.2024 16:12, James Kuyper wrote:

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Most important for my purposes, it makes it clear
what's required and allowed by the standard.

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No, that is not really true - the C standard is /not/ clear on all
points.  There are aspects of the language that you cannot fully
understand without cross-referencing between many different sections
(and there are a few aspects that are not clear even then).  That is
because it is a standard, not a tutorial, and not a language reference.
A standard is written in more "legalise" language, and makes a point of
trying to avoid repeating itself - while a good reference will repeat
the same information multiple times in different places, whenever it
helps for clarity.

 I will concede your point, but it's still the case that the standard is
clearer about such things than any other source I'm familiar with.

I have lost track of which particular "such things" we are talking about here, so you could well be right!
The standard /is/ clear on some aspects of C - but not on others.  I don't dispute that it is a useful document and one that serious C programmers should aspire to read, but I don't think it is really aimed at "normal" C programmers or useful to them.  Perhaps the original writers did not envisage so many non-experts getting involved in C coding.