C for Programmers with an Introduction to C11 (Deitel Developer Series series) by Paul J. Read online, or download in secure PDF or secure ePub format.

• The professional programmer’s Deitel® guide to procedural programming in C through 130 working code examples. Written for programmers with a background in high-level language programming, this book applies the Deitel signature live-code approach to teaching the C language and the C Standard Library.
• C11: The New C Standard by Thomas Plum The committee that standardizes the C programming language (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14) has completed a major revision of the C standard. The previous version of the standard, completed in 1999, was colloquially known as “C99.”.

C11 (formerly C1X) is an informal name for ISO/IEC 9899:2011,^[1] a past standard for the C programming language. It replaced C99 (standard ISO/IEC 9899:1999) and has been superseded by C18 (standard ISO/IEC 9899:2018). C11 mainly standardizes features already supported by common contemporary compilers, and includes a detailed memory model to better support multiple threads of execution. Due to delayed availability of conforming C99 implementations, C11 makes certain features optional, to make it easier to comply with the core language standard.^[2][3]

The final draft, N1570,^[4] was published in April 2011. The new standard passed its final draft review on October 10, 2011 and was officially ratified by ISO and published as ISO/IEC 9899:2011 on December 8, 2011, with no comments requiring resolution by participating national bodies.

A standard macro __STDC_VERSION__ is defined with value 201112L to indicate that C11 support is available.^[5] Some features of C11 are supported by the GCC starting with version 4.6,^[6]Clang starting with version 3.1,^[7] and IBM XL C starting with version 12.1.^[8]

Changes from C99[edit]

The standard includes several changes to the C99 language and library specifications, such as:^[9]

• Alignment specification (_Alignas specifier, _Alignof operator, aligned_alloc function, <stdalign.h> header file)
• The _Noreturn function specifier and the <stdnoreturn.h> header file
• Type-generic expressions using the _Generic keyword. For example, the following macro cbrt(x) translates to cbrtl(x), cbrt(x) or cbrtf(x) depending on the type of x:

• Multi-threading support (_Thread_local storage-class specifier, <threads.h> header including thread creation/management functions, mutex, condition variable and thread-specific storage functionality, as well as <stdatomic.h>^[10] for atomic operations supporting the C11 memory model).
• Improved Unicode support based on the C Unicode Technical Report ISO/IEC TR 19769:2004 (char16_t and char32_t types for storing UTF-16/UTF-32 encoded data, including conversion functions in <uchar.h> and the corresponding u and U string literal prefixes, as well as the u8 prefix for UTF-8 encoded literals).^[11]
• Removal of the gets function, deprecated in the previous C language standard revision, ISO/IEC 9899:1999/Cor.3:2007(E).
• Bounds-checking interfaces (Annex K).^[12]
• Analyzability features (Annex L).
• More macros for querying the characteristics of floating point types, concerning subnormal floating point numbers and the number of decimal digits the type is able to store.
• Anonymous structures and unions, useful when unions and structures are nested, e.g. in structT{inttag;union{floatx;intn;};};.
• Static assertions, which are evaluated during translation at a later phase than #if and #error, when types are understood by the translator.
• An exclusive create-and-open mode ('…x' suffix) for fopen. This behaves like O_CREAT O_EXCL in POSIX, which is commonly used for lock files.
• The quick_exit function as a third way to terminate a program, intended to do at least minimal deinitialization if termination with exit fails.^[13]
• Macros for the construction of complex values (partly because real + imaginary*I might not yield the expected value if imaginary is infinite or NaN).^[14]

Optional features[edit]

The new revision allows implementations to not support certain parts of the standard — including some that had been mandatory to support in the 1999 revision.^[15] Programs can use predefined macros to determine whether an implementation supports a certain feature or not.

Criticism[edit]

The optional bounds-checking interfaces (Annex K) remain controversial and have not been widely implemented, and their deprecation or removal from the next standard revision has been proposed.^[19] (The open-source Open Watcom C/C++ does contain a 'Safer C' library that is considered a nearly conforming implementation.^[20])

See also[edit]

• C18, successive standard for the C programming language
• C99, ANSI C, previous standards for the C programming language
• C++20, C++17, C++14, C++11, C++03, C++98, versions of the C++ programming language standard

References[edit]

1. ^'ISO/IEC 9899:2011 - Information technology -- Programming languages -- C'. www.iso.org.
2. ^'WG14 N1250 The C1X Charter'(PDF).
3. ^'Subsetting the C Standard'. www.open-std.org.
4. ^WG14 N1570 Committee Draft — April 12, 2011
5. ^'Defect report #411'. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 - C. February 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
6. ^'GCC 4.6 Release Series — Changes, New Features, and Fixes - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)'. gcc.gnu.org.
7. ^'Clang 3.1 Release Notes'. llvm.org.
8. ^'Support for ISO C11 added to IBM XL C/C++ compilers'. www.ibm.com. 17 April 2014.
9. ^WG14 N1516 Committee Draft — October 4, 2010
10. ^'Atomic operations library - cppreference.com'. en.cppreference.com.
11. ^'WG14 N1286 — 'On Support for TR-19769 and New Character Types', Nick Stoughton, Larry Dwyer'(PDF).
12. ^Berin Babcock-McConnell. 'API02-C. Functions that read or write to or from an array should take an argument to specify the source or target size'.
13. ^'Abandoning a Process'. www.open-std.org.
14. ^'Creation of complex value'. www.open-std.org.
15. ^WG14 N1548 Committee Draft — December 2, 2010 6.10.8.3 Conditional feature macros
16. ^ISO 9899:1999 6.10.8 Predefined macro names
17. ^'WG14 N1558 Mar 14-18 meeting minutes (draft)'(PDF).
18. ^ISO 9899:2011 Programming Languages - C 6.7.6.2 4
19. ^'N1969 — Updated Field Experience With Annex K — Bounds Checking Interfaces'. www.open-std.org.
20. ^'Safer C Library - Open Watcom'. 3 May 2015.

External links[edit]

• N1570, the final draft of C1X, dated 12 April 2011
• The standard draft in simple ASCII and linked HTML forms, in addition to the PDF.
• Plum, Thomas (April 6, 2012). 'C Finally Gets A New Standard'. Dr. Dobb's Journal.

For many questions the answer seems to be found in 'the standard'. However, where do we find that? Preferably online.

Googling can sometimes feel futile, again especially for the C standards, since they are drowned in the flood of discussions on programming forums.

To get this started, since these are the ones I am searching for right now, where are there good online resources for:

• C89
• C99
• C11
• C++98
• C++03
• C++11
• C++14

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PDF versions of the standard

As of 1st September 2014, the best locations by price for C and C++ standards documents in PDF are:

• C++17 – ISO/IEC 14882:2017: $116 from ansi.org
• C++14 – ISO/IEC 14882:2014: $90 NZD (about $60 US) from Standards New Zealand
• C++11 – ISO/IEC 14882:2011: $60 from ansi.org $60 from Techstreet
• C++03 – ISO 14882:2003: $30 from ansi.org $48 from SAI Global

• C++98 – ISO/IEC 14882:1998: $90 NZD (about $60 US) from Standards New Zealand

• C17/C18 – ISO/IEC 9899:2018: $232 from ansi.org / N2176 / c17_updated_proposed_fdis.pdf draft from November 2017 (Link broken, see Wayback Machine N2176)

• C11 – ISO/IEC 9899:2011: $30 $60 from ansi.org / WG14 draft version N1570
• C99 – ISO 9899:1999: $30 $60 from ansi.org / WG14 draft version N1256
• C90 – AS 3955-1991: $141 from ansi.org $175 from Techstreet (the Australian version of C90, identical to ISO 9899:1990)
• C90 – 9899:1990 Hardcopy available from SAI Global ($88 + shipping)

You cannot usually get old revisions of a standard (any standard) directly from the standards bodies shortly after a new edition of the standard is released. Thus, standards for C89, C90, C99, C++98, C++03 will be hard to find for purchase from a standards body. If you need an old revision of a standard, check Techstreet as one possible source. For example, it can still provide the Canadian version CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 9899:1990 standard in PDF, for a fee.

Non-PDF electronic versions of the standard

• C89 – Draft version in ANSI text format: (https://web.archive.org/web/20161223125339/http://flash-gordon.me.uk/ansi.c.txt)
• C90 TC1; ISO/IEC 9899 TCOR1, single-page HTML document: (http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/tc1.htm)
• C90 TC2; ISO/IEC 9899 TCOR2, single-page HTML document: (http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/tc2.htm)

Print versions of the standard

Print copies of the standards are available from national standards bodies and ISO but are very expensive.

If you want a hardcopy of the C90 standard for much less money than above, you may be able to find a cheap used copy of Herb Schildt's book The Annotated ANSI Standard at Amazon, which contains the actual text of the standard (useful) and commentary on the standard (less useful).

The C99 and C++03 standards are available in book form from Wiley and the BSI (British Standards Institute):

• C++03 Standard on Amazon
• C99 Standard on Amazon

Standards committee draft versions

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The working draft for future standards is often available from the committee websites:

Note that these documents are not the same as the standard, though the versions just prior to the meetings that decide on a standard are usually very close to what is in the final standard. The FCD (Final Committee Draft) versions are password protected; you need to be on the standards committee to get them.

However, in my opinion, even though the draft versions might be very close to the final ratified versions of the standards, you should really get a copy of the actual documents — especially if you're planning on quoting them as references. Of course, starving students should go ahead and use the drafts if strapped for cash.

It appears that, if you are willing and able to wait a few months after ratification of a standard, to search for 'INCITS/ISO/IEC' instead of 'ISO/IEC' when looking for a standard is the key. This way I was able to find the C++11 standard at reasonable price and now the C11 standard. So, as an example you search for 'INCITS/ISO/IEC 9899:2011' instead of 'ISO/IEC 9899:2011' on webstore.ansi.org and you will find the reasonably priced PDF version.

The site https://wg21.link/ provides short-URL links to the C++ current working draft and draft standards, and committee papers: Sony ericsson xperia software download.

• https://wg21.link/std11 - C++11
• https://wg21.link/std14 - C++14
• https://wg21.link/std17 - C++17
• https://wg21.link/std - current working draft

The current draft of the standard is maintained as LaTeX sources on Github. These sources can be converted to HTML using cxxdraft-htmlgen. The following sites maintain HTML pages so generated:

• Tim Song - Current working draft - C++11 - C++14 - C++17
• Eelis - Current working draft

Tim Song also maintains generated HTML and PDF versions of the Networking TS and Ranges TS.

Online versions of the standard can be found:

Working Draft, Standard for Programming Language C++

The following all draft versions of the standard:
All the following are freely downloadable
2019-08-15: N4830git
2019-06-17: N4820git
2019-03-15: N4810git
2019-01-21: N4800git
2018-11-26: N4791git
2018-10-08: N4778git
2018-07-07: N4762git
2018-05-07: N4750git
2018-04-02: N4741git
2018-02-12: N4727git
2017-11-27: N4713git
2017-10-16: N4700git
2017-07-30: N4687git

This seems to be the new standard:
These version requires Authentication
2017-03-21: N4660 is the C++17 Draft Standard

The following all draft versions of the standard:
All the following are freely downloadable
2017-03-21: N4659git
2017-02-06: N4640git
2016-11-28: N4618git
2016-07-12: N4606git
2016-05-30: N4594git
2016-03-19: N4582git
2015-11-09: N4567git
2015-05-22: N4527git
2015-04-10: N4431git
2014-11-19: N4296git

This seems to be the old C++14 standard:
These version requires Authentication
2014-10-07: N4140git Essentially C++14 with minor errors and typos corrected
2014-09-02: N4141git Standard C++14
2014-03-02: N3937
2014-03-02: N3936git

The following all draft versions of the standard:
All the following are freely downloadable
2013-10-13: N3797git
2013-05-16: N3691
2013-05-15: N3690
2012-11-02: N3485
2012-02-28: N3376
2012-01-16: N3337git Essentially C++11 with minor errors and typos corrected

This seems to be the old C++11 standard:
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2011-04-05: N3291 C++11 (Or Very Close)

The following all draft versions of the standard:
All the following are freely downloadable
2011-02-28: N3242 (differences from N3291 very minor)
2010-11-27: N3225
2010-08-21: N3126
2010-03-29: N3090
2010-02-16: N3035
2009-11-09: N3000
2009-09-25: N2960
2009-06-22: N2914
2009-03-23: N2857
2008-10-04: N2798
2008-08-25: N2723
2008-06-27: N2691
2008-05-19: N2606
2008-03-17: N2588
2008-02-04: N2521
2007-10-22: N2461
2007-08-06: N2369
2007-06-25: N2315
2007-05-07: N2284
2006-11-03: N2134
2006-04-21: N2009
2005-10-19: N1905
2005-04-27: N1804

This seems to be the old C++03 standard:
All the below versions require Authentication
2004-11-05: N1733
2004-07-16: N1655 Unofficial
2004-02-07: N1577 C++03 (Or Very Close)
2001-09-13: N1316 Draft Expanded Technical Corrigendum
1997-00-00: N1117 Draft Expanded Technical Corrigendum

The following all draft versions of the standard:
All the following are freely downloadable
1996-00-00: N0836 Draft Expanded Technical Corrigendum
1995-00-00: N0785 Working Paper for Draft Proposed International Standard for Information Systems - Programming Language C++

Other Interesting Papers:

2019 /2018 /2017 /2016 /2015 /2014 /2013 /2012 /2011

C99 is available online. Quoted from www.open-std.org:

The lastest publically available version of the standard is the combined C99 + TC1 + TC2 + TC3, WG14 N1256, dated 2007-09-07. This is a WG14 working paper, but it reflects the consolidated standard at the time of issue.

Draft Links:

C++11 (+editorial fixes): N3337 HTML, PDF

C++14 (+editorial fixes): N4140 HTML, PDF

C11 N1570 (text)

C99 N1256

Drafts of the Standard are circulated for comment prior to ratification and publication.

Note that a working draft is not the standard currently in force, and it is not exactly the published standard

You might find the draft international standard for C++0x useful.

C11 Programming Pdf

ISO standards cost money, from a moderate amount (for a PDF version), to a bit more (for a book version).

While they aren't finalised however, they can usually be found online, as drafts. Most of the times the final version doesn't differ significantly from the last draft, so while not perfect, they'll suit just fine.

The C99 and C++03 standards are available in book form from Wiley:

Plus, as already mentioned, the working draft for future standards is often available from the committee websites:

The C-201x draft is available as N1336, and the C++0x draft as N3225.

The ISO C and C++ standards are bloody expensive. On the other hand, the INCITS republishes them for a lot less. http://www.techstreet.com/ seems to have the PDF for $30(search for INCITS/ISO/IEC 14882:2003).

Hardcopy versions are available, too. Look for the British Standards Institute versions, published by Wiley.

The text of a draft of the ANSI C standard (aka C.89) is available online. This was standardized by the ANSI committee prior to acceptance by the ISO C Standard (C.90), so the numbering of the sections differ (ANSI sections 2 through 4 correspond roughly to ISO sections 5 through 7), although the content is (supposed to be) largely identical.

The actual standards documents may not be the most useful. Most compilers do not fully implement the standards and may sometimes actually conflict. So the compiler documentation that you would already have will be more useful. Additionally, the documentation will contain platform-specific remarks and notes on any caveats.

Although not an actual standard, there is an amendment to ISO C (C89/90) called C94/95, or Normative Addendum 1. It was integrated into C99, although some compilers such as Clang allow you to specifiy -std=c94 on the command line. ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amd 1:1995 can be purchased for a hefty price from SAI GLOBAL (PDF or hard copy). Android lollipop games download for pc free.

A summary of the document can be found here.

When the (then draft) ANSI C Standard was being considered for adoption of an International Standard in 1990, there were several objections because it didn't address internationalization issues. Because the Standard had already been several years in the making, it was agreed that a few changes would be made to provide the basis (for example, the functions in subclause 7.10.7 were added), and work would be carried out separately to provide proper internationalization of the Standard. This work has culminated in Normative Addendum 1.

Normative Addendum 1 embodies C's reaction to both the limitations and promises of international character sets. Digraphs and the header were meant to improve the appearance of C programs written in national variants of ISO 646 without, e.g., { or } characters. On the other end of the spectrum, the facilities connected to and extend the old Standard's barely adequate basis into a complete and consistent set of utilities for handling wide characters and multibyte strings.

This document summarizes Normative Addendum 1. It is intended to quickly inform readers who are already familiar with the Standard; it does not, and cannot, introduce the complex subject matter behind NA1, nor can it replace the original document as a reference manual. (Nevertheless, it tries to be as accurate as possible, and its author would like to hear about any errors or omissions.)

http://c0x.coding-guidelines.com/ contains a searchable, HTML-based version of the C standard. Actually, a slightly modified version:

C11 Download

This web site contains a modified version of N1256. It includes wording that has been deleted from C99 (i.e., in struck through form) and wording that does used to appear in C99 (i.e., in underlined form).

C11 Programming Language Pdf

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