C Style: Standards and Guidelines: Defining Programming Standards for Professional C Programmers

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Summary: Alternatives for coding style in C
Review: Distinguishes between commonly accepted practices and areas with several feasible alternatives. The author reserves his example of the ideal standard to the appendix. The chapter on "Psychological factors" provides many insights into how standards can improve the programming process. Elements such as pattern recognition, filtering, habit, redundancy, cues, context, chunking, the rule of seven, context switching, eye focus, eye movement, looking ahead, looking back, subconscious, and natural ambition can affect both programmer productivity and program correctness. Comprehensively covers commenting, naming, layout, language usage, data usage, and programming usage. This material is also relevant for C++ programmers. Excellent source of ideas for developing an individual, group, or company coding policy.