P. J. Plauger

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P. J. Plauger is an author and entrepreneur. He has written and co-written articles and books about programming style, software tools, and the C programming language.

He founded Whitesmiths, the first company to sell a C compiler and Unix-like operating system (Idris). He has since been involved in C and C++ standardization and is now the president of Dinkumware.

Plauger wrote a science-fiction short story, "Child of All Ages", first published in Analog in the anthology titled Children of the Future, whose hero was granted immortality before attaining puberty and finds that being a child who never grows up is far removed from an idyllic Peter Pan-like existence. The story was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1976.

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Elements of Programming Style (1974, revised 1978) with Brian W. Kernighan
Software Tools (1976) with Brian W. Kernighan
Software Tools in Pascal (1981) with Brian W. Kernighan
The Standard C Library (1992)
Programming on Purpose, collected essays from the magazine Computer Language
- Volume I: Essays on Software Design (1992)
- Volume II: Essays on Software People (1993)
- Volume III: Essays on Software Technology (1993)
The Draft Standard C++ Library (1995)
Standard C: A Reference (1989, revised 1992, revised 1996) with Jim Brodie
The Standard Template Library (2001) with Alexander Stepanov, Meng Lee, and David R. Musser