This book introduces C and the C Standard Library, showing how to debug, test, and analyze C programs with concise explanations of C language constructs and behaviors, while addressing best practices, common errors, and open debates in the C community. Author Robert C. Seacord is an expert on the C Standards committee, and the book covers the modern C17 Standard as well as potential C2x features.
Author: Robert C. Seacord Publisher: No Starch Press Date: August 2020 Pages: 272 ISBN: 978-1718501041 Print: 1718501048 Kindle: B0852NTB2H Audience: Would-be C programmers Level: Introductory/Intermediate Category: C/C++
- How to identify and handle undefined behavior in a C program
- The range and representations of integers and floating-point values
- How dynamic memory allocation works and how to use nonstandard functions
- How to use character encodings and types
- How to perform I/O with terminals and filesystems using C Standard streams and POSIX file descriptors
- How to understand the C compiler's translation phases and the role of the preprocessor
- How to test, debug, and analyze C programs
Related Reviews
Secure Coding in C and C++ 2nd Edition
For recommendations of C and C++ books see Top Choice C and C++ Books and C# Books - Pick of the Shelf in our Programmer's Bookshelf section.
For more Book Watch just click.
Book Watch is I Programmer's listing of new books and is compiled using publishers' publicity material. It is not to be read as a review where we provide an independent assessment. Some, but by no means all, of the books in Book Watch are eventually reviewed.
To have new titles included in Book Watch contact BookWatch@i-programmer.info
Follow @bookwatchiprog on Twitter or subscribe to I Programmer's Books RSS feed for each day's new addition to Book Watch and for new reviews.
Classic Computer Science Problems in Python
Author: David Kopec Publisher: Manning Date: March 2019 Pages: 224 ISBN: 978-1617295980 Print: 1617295981 Kindle: B09782BT4Q Level: Intermediate Audience: Python developers Category: Python Rating: 4 Reviewer: Mike James Classic algorithms in Python - the world's favourite language.
|
Learn Enough Python to Be Dangerous (Pearson)
Author: Michael Hartl Publisher: Addison-Wesley Date: June 2023 Pages: 448 ISBN: 978-0138050955 Print: 0138050953 Kindle: B0C4VCSD1G Audience: Python Rating: 2 Reviewer: Ian Elliot Learning Python is a great idea but "enough to be dangerous"?
| More Reviews |
|