My first C book (bought new) talked about the "proposed ANSI C" standard. Yup, I'm that old. I can't say that I have stayed completely current in software. I took a diversion into a completely different field for a few years and have recently returned to my "first love". It certainly is exciting (and daunting) to keep learning. Having been a UNIX C, C++, Java developer for decades, it is a huge paradigm shift to move into the .NET C# world. I have been amazed to find that almost all of the C# questions I have had have been answered through a simple search... and usually here on stackoverflow.com!