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GNU Coding Standards
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The GNU coding standards, last updated August 17, 2021.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.

   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A
copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
Documentation License".

Preface

About the GNU Coding Standards.

Legal Issues

Keeping free software free.

Design Advice

General program design.

Program Behavior

Program behavior for all programs

Writing C

Making the best use of C.

Documentation

Documenting programs.

Managing Releases

The release process.

References

Mentioning non-free software or documentation.

GNU Free Documentation License

Copying and sharing this manual.

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