Modern C Up and Running : A Programmer's Guide to Finding Fluency and Bypassing the Quirks / by Martin Kalin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalin, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Programming languages (Electronic computers).

Computer science.

Programming Language.

Computer Science.

Local Subjects:

Programming Language.

Computer Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2022.

Summary:

Learn how to program in modern C, from the basics through the advanced topics required for proficiency. This book is the fastest path to C fluency for anyone experienced in a general-purpose programming language. From start to finish, code examples highlight the idioms and best practices behind efficient, robust programs in a variety of areas. The book opens with a thorough coverage of syntax, built-in data types and operations, and program structure. C has quirks and presents challenges, which are covered in detail. The coverage of advanced features is what sets this book apart from others. Among the advanced topics covered are floating-point representation in the IEEE 754 standard; embedded assembly language in C code for overflow detection; regular expressions, assertions, and internationalization; WebAssembly through C; and software libraries for C and other clients. Memory efficiency and safety are the two major challenges in C programming, and you’ll explorethese challenges through a series of C examples. Arrays and structures, which are the means to high-level data representation, are covered in connection with pointers, which provide efficiency. The book again uses code examples in covering networking and wire-level security; concurrency (multiprocessing and multithreading); instruction-level parallelism; and interprocess communication through shared memory and files, pipes, message queues, and signals. Many books introduce C, but few also explain how to use it properly and optimally. Essential C does just that. ·.

Contents:

1. Program Structure

2. Basic Data Types

3. Aggregates and Pointers

4. Storage Classes

5. Input and Output

6. Networking

7. Concurrency and Parallelism

8. Miscellaneous Topics.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kalin, Martin Modern C up and Running

ISBN:

9781484286760

1484286766

OCLC:

1347058870