There are many facets of the spirit of C, but the essence is a community sentiment of the underlying principles upon which the C language is based ( C Rationale Introduction ) .
1.Trust the programmer .
相信程序员。
2. Keep the language small and simple .
保持C语言简单、简洁。
3. Provide only one way to do an operation .
一种操作只提供一种方法。
4. Make it fast ,even if it is not guaranteed to be portable .
保证效率,即使不能保证可移植。
5. Maintain conceptual simplicity .
保持概念简单。
6. Do not prevent the programmer from dong what needs to be done .
不要阻止程序员做该做的。