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Standards and Guidelines

• TIOBE Coding Standard Methodology from TIOBE Software
• Secure Coding Guidelines for the Java Programming Language, version 2.0 from Sun Microsystems
• ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 - C
  The programming language international standardization working group offers a wide range of information, including
  • Specification for Safer, More Secure C Library Functions - a draft technical report
  • ISO/IEC 9899:TC2 - Programming languages - C - the current C programming language standard