<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20141205223016&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;c.learncodethehardway.org&#x2F;book&#x2F;krcritique.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20141205223016&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;c.learncod...</a><p>Looks as valid to me today as when I first read K&amp;R C 25 years ago. In short K&amp;R is terrible. If you hew to it, first you&#x27;ll end up with code that is unsafe and sketchy. Second you won&#x27;t learn about modern features in c, which make writing safe non-sketchy code a lot easier.