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For professional intermediates to advanced C programmers who develop software, here is a focused and practical book based on writing bug-free programs in C. Includes practical solutions to detect mistakes before they become a costly problem.

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1556155514
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978-1556155512
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Any programmer worth their silicon knows that it is wiser to invest time preventing bugs from hatching than to try to exterminate them afterwards. And this is one of the best books for developing a proactive attitude towards electronic entomology. Follow Maguire's advice, and your testers, supervisors and customers will love you. Recommended.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Microsoft Press; 1st edition (January 1, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1556155514
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1556155512
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.46 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.37 x 0.85 x 9.07 inches

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Joe

I read it in 2013, and it was awesome

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 24, 2013

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This book is awesome. I think I liked it even more that it was written in 1993 because we got a peek into 1993 Microsoft. I feel that this was the turning point where they were saying "We have to start making our stuff not crash"

I couldn't put the book down. There's so much useful information mixed in with the war stories. Almost every guideline he puts forward is useful today. "This is what happened" and exactly shows the reasons why Microsoft 1993 was so crashy. They did all of their features up-front and encouraged them not to fix them until the end of project. The business saw the finished features and say "Why is the program at this state for so long? By golly, it looks complete, so we should release!"

You also got to read about things he did in DOS, the Macintosh, and the 16-bit to 32-bit transition. That was my favorite part. Microsoft was one of the first companies out there to release Macintosh software

If you are the top 10-25% of programmers, you probably don't need a book like this. Then again, a lot of them would read the book anyways to find out how to be better. The detractors of this book are usually the kind of people that need to read it.

Also, the C code can disorient readers just because of the nature of C code.

I would have paid 300 times more for this book. Okay, I bought it used for $0.07, but still, it was great

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Must read for all programmers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2000

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I also decided to review this book after I saw many negative reviews about it on this site. I will recommend this book to anyone who does software programming for a living. The book is not about any particular programming language, it is about the attitude about programming that every software engineer should have.
The fact that this book gives examples in C or it uses Hungarian notations is completely irrelevant. I think 80% of the software bugs can be avoided with the attitude described in this book.

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Capt Hurls

Good "old school" book

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This book quickly reminded me that the "old school" rules to software development will always apply, no matter how many new labels you put on it (e.g. Agile). It was recommended to me by a college professor aside from the regular classroom reading we had to complete. And I was more than happy I purchased it and added it to my bookshelf.

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DragonJam

A true classic going well beyond coding syntax.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2016

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A must read. You can master coding syntax, but can you write code that is maintainable and less prone to bugs? This book has many good insights into what coding styles work and what don't. One of the best books I've used.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2008

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Certainly no book can cover all the best practices to write best code but this book has done good attempt. Must read for all the fresh grads and developers before they start writing production code!

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I'm a Linux software developer that uses the C programming language daily, but even when this book is written by Microsoft guys from a long long time ago, many of the advise and suggestions are still applicable.

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Outdated

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Feels outdated; this book was written before the newer currents of software engineering (refactoring, XP, TDD, etc. etc.) and feels old. Bought it used so not a huge waste of money.

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Great concepts, good for technical interviews

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2011

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Very good book to build core concepts for programming in C. Learned a lot of new things about writing secure, 'solid' code.

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The actual context is outdated, but it gives you valuable thinking directions

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 5, 2017

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When I first read the Bulgarian translated edition of this book, back in 1997, I concluded it is very helpful, yet very interesting and so easy to read. Then in 2014, I bought this original 1993 (English) edition, I read it again and I still support my initial impression -- helpful, yet easy to read.
However, since the context, which the book is written for, is outdated, you should not take it as a bunch of recipes, but you should rather take it as a direction of your thinking process. For example, instead of using specific methods for capturing memory leaks described in the book, you should think of using some contemporary measures or something that is already adopted by your management or R&D team. The important point of the book is that you should not miss or ignore the potential source of problems; you should think carefully (and pessimistically) in advance and it will pay off later.
Besides, in the world of embedded systems and plain C programming, the essential teaching of this book is more applicable than in other areas.

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Old But Still Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 25, 2015

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This is a great book. It is a little dated now and requires the reader to sort the still-valuable information from the now-dated. In the hands of a software professional this is a valuable read.

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Eddy Young

This book is mostly relevant if you code in C ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 16, 2016

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This book is mostly relevant if you code in C. Having said this, I bought this to get more details about a few citations (from the book) that I read in blog posts.

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great

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great Some great info here

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C. Jack

Still Relevant

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I'm a .NET developer and am just re-reading this now and I have to say its still quite relevant, your hearing great great advice on how to look at things and that cant be bad.

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