C: A Reference Manual (Prentice Hall Software S.) - Softcover

Harbison, Samuel P.; Steele, Guy L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131109413 ISBN 13: 9780131109414

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1991

Synopsis

This edition covers two important developments: the ISO C Amendment 1 (1994), which specifies new facilities for writing portable, international programs in C; and a discussion of how to write C programs that are compatible with C++. It discusses the ongoing, international standardization of C++, explores the importance of Clean C code in the common subset of the ISO C and C++ languages, and demonstrates other ways to program in a style that is more compatible with C++.

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Synopsis

This is a reference for the C programming language - revised to cover the ANSI standard (ANS X3.159-1989) and traditional C in tandem, including discussion of the latest compilers. The manual provides a detailed discussion of the language, the run-time libraries and the style of C programming that emphasizes correctness, portability and maintainability. Describing the C language in detail, the book presents the language in a "bottom-up" order: the lexical structure, the preprocessor, declarations, types, expressions, statements, functions and the run-time libraries. The text is laid out in a logical manner for quick-reference and is extensively cross-referenced and indexed.

This third edition moves the discussion on ANSI C from a separate chapter into the main text for easier comparison with the old language; discusses the full ANSI C library, including internationalization and locale-specific facilities; provides detailed advice on writing programs that are portable between ANSI C and traditional C on a variety of computers; moves detailed information to tables and figures for accessible presentation and quick reference; cross-references the syntax appendix with the text; adds examples illustrating the use of the library facilities; and provides study exercises with solutions in the language chapters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0131109413
• ISBN 13: 9780131109414
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416