C Traps and Pitfalls

C Traps and Pitfalls is a slim computer programming book by former AT&T Corporation researcher and programmer Andrew Koenig, its first edition still in print in 2017, which outlines the many ways in which beginners and even sometimes quite experienced C programmers can write poor, malfunctioning and dangerous source code.

C Traps and Pitfalls

Author	Andrew Koenig
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Addison-Wesley
Publication date	January 11, 1989
Media type	Print (hardcover)
ISBN	0-201-17928-8

It evolved from an earlier technical report, by the same name, published internally at Bell Labs.^[1] This, in turn was inspired by a prior paper given by Koenig on "PL/I Traps and Pitfalls" at a SHARE conference in 1977. Koenig wrote that this title was inspired by a 1968 science fiction anthology by Robert Sheckley, "The People Trap and other Pitfalls, Snares, Devices and Delusions, as Well as Two Sniggles and a Contrivance".^[2]

References

• Andrew Koenig (1989). C Traps and Pitfalls. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-17928-8. OCLC 18014955.

1. Koenig, Andrew R., "C Traps and Pitfalls", Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, Technical Memorandum.
2. Cf. Koenig, preface to "C Traps and Pitfalls" book.