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Can you point me to a reference of design patterns in Standard C (C89 or C99)? (Not C#, not C++.)
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There are various patterns in the C language like star patterns, number patterns, and character patterns.
Design patterns are solutions to software design problems you find again and again in real-world application development. Patterns are about reusable designs and interactions of objects. The 23 Gang of Four (GoF) patterns are generally considered the foundation for all other patterns.
Three Types of Design Patterns (Behavioral, Creational, Structural) Distinguish between Behavioral, Creational, and Structural Design Patterns.
Take a look at Axel-Tobias Schreiner's ebook Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C. You'll have to handroll some aspects of some patterns but you'll be able to implement many of the simpler GoF ones.
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Design patterns should be language agnostic - unfortunately most of them assume an object oriented environment.
Struggling with C coming from Object Oriented land?
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Following from Nick's answer, I suggest that you learn how to implement cplusplus-like things using C (e.g., a C struct with a pointer to a table of function pointers, emulates a C++ class with virtual functions), which means understanding how C++ is implemented by the compiler. Once you've done this then you'll be able to read design patterns for C++ and implement them using C.
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