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by beagle3 5636 days ago
for C code: Anything by djb. http://cr.yp.to Unconventional, but top quality. for C or Python code: Anything by Avery Pennarun (http://apenwarr.ca - his stuff is on GitHub) for C or Lua code: Anything by Mike Pall (http://luajit.org)

The Python interpreter is mostly a joy to read.

FLTK is a great example of C++ code from the days before template worms ate everyone's brains.