C Unleashed [With CDROM]

by Richard Heathfield

Book Overview

A comprehensive book on the ANSI C programming language, this book promotes portable programming using ANSI C, thus benefiting programmers on any platform, including mainframes. It covers the standard... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672318962
• ISBN13: 9780672318962
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 1344 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Like an orange...

Im not an advaced programmer, but reading some parts... I learned a lot of good things. I couldnt describe them here, but i will implement them on the future projects ahead. Things that I think are essential to the industry grade programmer and to becoming one. The material was delivered clearly, not necessarily simple... but it is clear. The book is worth all my hard saved money... and im glad to have it, and its fun to read too...

Recommended Reading for Advanced C Programmers

When seeking a reference, most experienced programmers will rather buy a reference that focuses more on the advanced issues than the language concepts itself. Mainly because almost all decent compilers come with extensive help files that cover most of what the programmers might need regarding the language itself. This book doesn't explain much about C, but instead uses C as a tool to explain some very useful issues that are crucial to almost all advanced programmers.The book wastes no space on trivial stuff like how to open your compiler or use a non-standard C function. Instead, it goes directly into what's important, explaining the concepts and giving concrete examples where appropriate, all using ANSI C.Since most of the issues aren't dependant on the implementation schemes, almost any advanced programmer would benefit from this book, even if he/she is not programming in C (assuming advanced knowledge of C, of course). The only exceptions are the topics that talk about the ANSI C rules and code organization and optimization. The only disadvantage here is that this book doesn't cover object oriented concepts, but that's not a surprise of course as the book is titled "C Unleashed." But still for anything else other than that, this could be a great help even to C++ programmers.The book chapters have been written by more than 10 experienced programmers, 6 of them are really good, which makes each chapter standalone as a small tutorial on some issue. The writing style of Richard Heathfield and many of the co-authors is very nice to read and clear to understand. Some parts, of course, do not have that nice writing style, but throughout the book, the technical information is very clear and easy to comprehend.I wouldn't recommend this book to any new programmers. But for the more advanced ones, this is something they would want to check.-Mokhtar M. Khorshid

Great Book

Very useful book. Not meant for people who want to learn C but for people who look to improve efficiency and readability of their code. Discusses the C9X standard but sadly does not provide a list of compilers which support it if any. I give this book an A.

The must have C programming book

If you've programmed in C, you must read this book. The chapters can be read seperately, which means that you can attack them at a time that suits you. I found the part about Genetic Algorithms particular interesting.I'm doing a course in AI now and this has helped quite a bit.

An Exceptional Book

This is an absolutely exceptional book that provides the reader with a understanding in a vast number of areas of advanced C programming. Each chapter can be read as a single entity and thus ensures that the reader can just pick out a chapter of interest without having to read the preceeding chapters. This book is a must for any intermediate C programmer who is looking to improve their C programming skills quickly to an advanced level.