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5 Making The Best Use of C

This chapter provides advice on how best to use the C language when writing GNU software.

• Formatting Your Source Code
• Commenting Your Work
• Clean Use of C Constructs
• Naming Variables, Functions, and Files
• Portability between System Types
• Portability between CPUs
• Calling System Functions
• Internationalization
• Character Set
• Quote Characters
• Mmap