C in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference

By Peter Prinz and Tony Crawford

Book Overview

The new edition of this classic O'Reilly reference provides clear, detailed explanations of every feature in the C language and runtime library, including multithreading, type-generic macros, and library functions that are new in the 2011 C standard (C11). If you want to understand the effects of an unfamiliar function, and how the standard library requires it to behave, you'll find it here, along with a typical example.

Ideal for experienced C and C++ programmers, this book also includes popular tools in the GNU software collection. You'll learn how to build C programs with GNU Make, compile executable programs from C source code, and test and debug your programs with the GNU debugger.

In three sections, this authoritative book covers:

C language concepts and language elements, with separate chapters on types, statements, pointers, memory management, I/O, and moreThe C standard library, including an overview of standard headers and a detailed function referenceBasic C programming tools in the GNU software collection, with instructions on how use them with the Eclipse IDE

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1491904755
• ISBN13: 9781491904756
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 821 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Look for a cow on the cover.

Look for a cow on the cover of this book. I bought this book for a C in UNIX class. The C part is great. There is hardly a page that does not have an example or an enlightening diagram. However, the only reference to applying this to UNIX is in the back, where it "Practically" says that there are different versions of UNIX. It never really claimed to be a UNIX book on C. The section on unbuffered I/O has a little more on the UNIX handling of files. Overall, until something better comes along, I am still using this book.