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References

ANSI Standard X3.159-1989 (New York NY: American National Standards Institute, 1989). The original C Standard, developed by the ANSI-authorized committee X3J11. The Rationale that accompanies the C Standard explains many of the decisions that went into it, if you can get your hands on a copy.
ISO/IEC Standard 9899:1990 (Geneva: International Standards Organization, 1990). The official C Standard around the world. Aside from formatting details and section numbering, the ISO C Standard is identical to the ANSI C Standard.
ISO/IEC Amendment 1 to Standard 9899:1990 (Geneva: International Standards Organization, 1995). The first (and only) amendment to the C Standard. It provides substantial support for manipulating large character sets.
P.J. Plauger, The Standard C Library (Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992). Contains a complete implementation of the Standard C library, as well as text from the library portion of the C Standard and guidance in using the Standard C library.
* P.J. Plauger and Jim Brodie, Standard C: A Programmer's Reference (Redmond WA: Microsoft Press, 1989). The first complete but succinct reference to the entire C Standard. It covers both the language and the library.
* P.J. Plauger and Jim Brodie, ANSI and ISO Standard C: Programmer's Reference (Redmond WA: Microsoft Press, 1992). An update to the above book.
* P.J. Plauger and Jim Brodie, Standard C (Englewood Cliffs NJ: PTR Prentice Hall, 1996). An update to the above two books and the principal source book for this material. It includes a complete description of Amendment 1.

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See also the Table of Contents and the Index.