How I program C

What this video covers

Eskil Steenberg's two-hour talk on his personal approach to writing C, covering code style, structure, naming, pointers and large-project organization. He warns it contains a fair bit of programming religion.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

HN recommends it as the one long programming video worth watching, a provocative and influential take on C.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“I seriously loved How I Program C”

“the only 2 hour YouTube video I'll ever recommend”

“the video is heavily recommended”