C is the programming language of the 1980's is fast, efficient, concise, structured, and easily ported to other computers. These and other powerful features have turned the computing world toward the C language in a major way: over 70% of all new personal computer software is being developed in C.
This book makes C accessible to anyone. Styled after the successful Waite Group Primer books, C Primer Plus offers everything you need to start using this exciting language.
Why C? C is a structured language like Pascal, but it's faster, and easier to interface to the hardware soul of your computer. This feature has made C the language of choice for developing word processors, spreadsheets, graphics drivers, operating systems, and computer languages—where speed is of primary importance. Furthermore, with C, programmers can use abbreviated code and modular programming techniques, can easily transfer routines to different machines, and access a machine's hardware features.
C Primer Plus brings you C in a friendly format; not the more pedantic approaches taken by most texts. It is example driven for easy learning, includes question and answer self-tests to check your progress, and has program samples that utilize sound, graphics and disk files. Advanced coverage in this book includes the C preprocessor, redirection, access to 8088 ports, storage classes, macro functions, arrays and pointers, structured tags and templates, the C Library, file I/O, bit fiddling, and IBM PC music. C Primer Plus is based on the IBM PC implementation of the standard Kernighan and Ritchie C and is the perfect companion to the Sams/Waite UNIX Primer Plus.
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