language.md

C

ISO/IEC C standard

• normative
• dense and strangely organized
• notoriously difficult to interpret, but worth reading (or skimming) anyway

The GNU C Reference Manual

• non-normative, except possibly where it describes GNU extensions
• much friendlier than the spec
• teasing apart standard and non-standard features can be annoying at times

The GNU C Library

• excellent documentation
• somewhat self-aggrandizing

MATLAB

MATLAB Documentation

• bad language, decent docs

Python

Language Reference (2, 3)

• important sections:
  • 3. Data model
• sections that are hard to search for:
  • 3.3. Special method names

Library Reference (2, 3)

• sections that are hard to search for:
  • 6.1.3. Format String Syntax
  • 16.2. io
  • 16.2.3.4. Text I/O