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C in a Nutshell (Paperback)

by Peter Prinz (Author), Tony Crawford (Author)

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Paperback: 600 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (Dec 1 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596006977
ISBN-13: 978-0596006976
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.4 x 3.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 763 g

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"As with much of the Nutshell series, this book is aimed at the competent programmer who needs a quick reference, not at the beginner. As a teacher of C programming, I had been looking for a reference work which covered the C99 version of the language standard, and did so in a readable format free of omissions and errors. "C in a Nutshell" did not disappoint, and the utility of the standard library reference was a welcome surprise." - Graham Lee, news@UK, June 2006 "This excellent book should have been written years ago." - Paul Hudson, Linux Format, November 2006 - 8/10

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Learning a language--any language--involves a process wherein you learn to rely less and less on instruction and more increasingly on the aspects of the language you've mastered. Whether you're learning French, Java, or C, at some point you'll set aside the tutorial and attempt to converse on your own. It's not necessary to know every subtle facet of French in order to speak it well, especially if there's a good dictionary available. Likewise, C programmers don't need to memorize every detail of C in order to write good programs. What they need instead is a reliable, comprehensive reference that they can keep nearby. "C in a Nutshell" is that reference.

This long-awaited book is a complete reference to the C programming language and C runtime library. Its purpose is to serve as a convenient, reliable companion in your day-to-day work as a C programmer. C in a Nutshell covers virtually everything you need to program in C, describing all the elements of the language and illustrating their use with numerous examples.

The book is divided into three distinct parts. The first part is a fast-paced description, reminiscent of the classic Kernighan & Ritchie text on which many C programmers cut their teeth. It focuses specifically on the C language and preprocessor directives, including extensions introduced to the ANSI standard in 1999. These topics and others are covered:

Numeric constants

Implicit and explicit type conversions

Expressions and operators

Functions

Fixed-length and variable-length arrays

Pointers

Dynamic memory management

Input and output

The second part of the book is a comprehensive reference to the C runtime library; it includes anoverview of the contents of the standard headers and a description of each standard library function. Part III provides the necessary knowledge of the C programmer's basic tools: the compiler, the make utility, and the debugger. The tools described here are those in the GNU software collection.

"C in a Nutshell" is the perfect companion to K&R, and destined to be the most reached-for reference on your desk.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Mileage may vary, Feb 12 2007

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This book is suitable for those that are unfamilar with the C language basics, or just need a quick refresher. The book starts out with the basics of the langauge and briefly touches on the basics of pointers, before spending the remainder and bulk of the book on STDLibs, GDB and make files.
The value this book gives back to the reader soley depends on how often you need to use the covered imported libaries, as those with good memories and who reuse some of the functions repeatedly, say for instance string manipulation, may only need the initial look up.
Similarly, the chapters on GDB and make, will be a varible. If you're not using an IDE like Visual Studio, then this chapter can and is quite useful.

Overall, I have no problems recommending the book, however, just keep the above cavets in mind.

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5.0 out of 5 stars C in a Nutshell, April 21 2006

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This is a good, up-to-date reference book on C. Just a little under half the book deals with the ANSII standard C library functions, with the rest of the book essentially being a primer on the various aspects of C. The book is very clearly written and has lots of examples. In the short while that I have had the book, I have found myself referring to it several times a week. I was particularly impressed with the chapter on Makefiles. The book is geared to someone who knows some C, but needs a to-the-point reference book on pretty well every aspect of C. I have no reservations in recommending the book!

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