axegon_
3 days ago
My first thought was "I wonder if the C programming language would be on that list" and sure enough... Worth noting that, although the book is 45+ years old, it's aged incredibly well (I know, there have been multiple "patches" applied since the first edition). But considering how books that came out 5 years ago are wildly outdated today, while this one is just as relevant as it was when it first came out is a huge achievement. Major props to Ritchie and Kernighan.
infinite8s
3 days ago
That's because hardware has bent over backwards to maintain the illusion of the C memory model.
xtrgz
2 days ago
Can you elaborate on this?
jgwil2
2 days ago
Here's a related article and discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16967675