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- From: spuler@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (David Spuler)
- Subject: Re: Good Books on C - question
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- Organization: James Cook University
- References: <1992Jul22.161157.1@jaguar.uofs.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 05:06:10 GMT
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- In <1992Jul22.161157.1@jaguar.uofs.edu> littlec1@jaguar.uofs.edu (Chris Little) writes:
-
- >I just started reading this group, so excuse me if I'm raising an issue
- >already or frequently discussed. I am interested in a top-5/top-10 list
- >of books that aid one who is experienced in programming (but not in C)
- >to learn C. He has some knowledge of C, so is not a complete novice. He
- >expects to use it for rather large and complex applications in the future.
-
- I have recently published a book which is intended for experienced programmers
- and covers both introductory issues and advanced issues - therefore it should
- wear well with C experience.
-
- It's contents are:
-
- PART I: The C Language
- 1 "Introduction to C"
- 2 "Variable declarations and types"
- 3 "Operators"
- 4 "Control statements"
- 5 "Structured types"
- 6 "Strings"
- 7 "Functions"
- 8 "Pointers"
- 9 "Input and output"
- 10 "File operations"
- 11 "The preprocessor"
- 12 "Standard library functions"
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- PART II: Advanced Issues
- 13 "Large programs"
- 14 "Functions and pointers revisited"
- 15 "Efficiency"
- 16 "Debugging techniques"
- 17 "Program style"
- 18 "Portability"
- 19 "UNIX systems programming"
-
- --
- David Spuler, James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia
- Author of "Comprehensive C", Prentice-Hall, 1992, pp416, ISBN 0-13-156514-1
- INTRO TOPICS: types, operators, structures, strings, fns, ptrs, files etc etc
- ADVANCED TOPICS: efficiency, debugging, style, portability, large programs
-