C Interfaces and Implementations
C Interfaces and Implementations by David Hansonby David Hanson
Shares rank 100 of 115 programming books by recommenders
People recommend it for showing how to write C that avoids use-after-free bugs, and for its worked examples of reusable interfaces and implementations.
People recommend it for showing how to write C that avoids use-after-free bugs, and for its worked examples of reusable interfaces and implementations.
2 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 2
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 2 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Shows how to avoid use-after-free
“demonstrated how to code in C in a way that avoids use after free”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “XSLT RIP” Real examples of literate programming
“To study actual examples of LP see the book”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “The Tears of Donald Knuth”
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| C Interfaces and Implementationsby David HansonThis page | 2 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“See Sections 5+6 in https://drh.github.io/cii/toc.html”
“To study actual examples of LP see the book”
“Two excellent examples which come to mind are”
“demonstrated how to code in C in a way that avoids use after free”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.