Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 984 pages
- Published by: Sams
- Edition: 5th Edition December 3, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0672326965
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0672326967
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 2.3 inches
- Weighs: 3.6 pounds
Product Description
The new classic!
C Primer Plus, now in its 5th edition, has been revised to include over twenty new programming exercises, newly improved examples and the new ANSI/ISO standard, C99. Task-oriented examples will teach you the basics of C programming. From extended integer types and compound literals to Boolean support and variable-length arrays, you will learn to create practical and real-world applications with C programming. Review questions and programming exercises at the end of each chapter will reinforce what you have learned. This friendly and easy-to-use self-study guide will help you understand the basics of this core programming language.
About The Author
Stephen Prata teaches astronomy, physics, and programming at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. He received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His association with computers began with the computer modeling of star clusters. Stephen has authored or coauthored over a dozen books, including
C++ Primer Plus and
Unix Primer Plus.
Reader ReviewsExcellent book that withstood the test of the time. Incidentally it has also sentimental value for me because many years ago, when I started my journey into progamming and had my first programming course in C itself, this book came to the rescue. The course textbook was a different one, which after the first couple of introductury chapters became vague. Especially on pointers it lost me. Then... I got this book. It started to read like an obsessive page turner. Once I reached the chapter on pointers I was amazed more-the topic in fact was extremly simple. I got very curious of the guys background. When I looked up that he was a physicist by upbringing, the great quality of the book made sence right away. In one word, this book is THE BOOK as a first book in C, especially for new programmers. After that ancient times, I red many C books of different complexity and scope, but this book still remains among few of my favorits for its lucid and extremly understandable coverage. As you can guess, the book has a sentimental value for me. In fact, if you have older version, especially last two, then there is no compelling reason to upgrade to this version. Have you finished the book? Now you are ready to enjoy the succinct C Programming Language, by Brian W. Kernighan, the author of C
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