The C Programming Language: Difference between revisions

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In April 1988, the second [[Edition (book)|edition]] of the book was published, updated to cover the changes to the language resulting from the then-new ANSI C standard, particularly with the inclusion of reference material on [[C standard library|standard libraries]]. The second edition of the book (and {{as of|2023|lc=true}}, the most recent) has since been translated into over 20 languages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/cbook.html |last=Keninghan |first=Brian W. |title=The C Programming Language, Second Edition |website=Priceton University |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> In 2012, an eBook version of the second edition was published in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats.<ref>{{Cite interview |url=https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1960359 |title=An Interview with Brian Kernighan on C and The C Programming Language |website=InformIT |last=Keninghan |first=Brian W. |interviewer=John Wait |date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

ANSIC C,was first standardized in 1989 (as ANSI X3.159-1989), and has since undergone several revisions, the most recent of which is ISO/IEC 9899:2018 (also termed ''[[C17 (C standard revision)|C17]]'' or ''C18''), adopted as an [[ANSI]] standard in June 2018. However, no new edition of ''The C Programming Language'' has been issued to cover the more recent standards.

== Reception ==