C Programming: A Modern Approach

Audience: This book is designed as a primary text for a C course at the undergraduate level.
Previous programming experience in a high-level language or assembler is helpful
but not necessary for a computer-literate reader.
But even C must change with the times. The need for a new edition of C Pro-gramming: A Modern Approach became apparent when the C99 standard was pub-
lished. Moreover, the first edition, with its references to DOS and 16-bit processors,
was becoming dated. The second edition is fully up-to-date and has been improved
in many other ways as well.
Includes a quick reference to all C89 and C99 library functions. AppendixD in the first edition described all C89 standard library functions. In this edi-
tion, the appendix covers all C89 and C99 library functions.
Expanded coverage of GCC. In the years since the first edition, use of GCC
has spread with significant advantages, including high quality, low (i.e.,
no) cost, and portability across a variety of hardware and software platforms.
In recognition of its growing importance, I’ve included more information about
GCC in this edition, including discussions of how to use it as well as common
GCC error messages and warnings.
Updated to reflect today’s CPUs and operating systems. When I wrote the
first edition, 16-bit architectures and the DOS operating system were still rele-
vant to many readers, but such is not the case today. I’ve updated the discus-
sion to focus more on 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. The rise of Linux and
other versions of UNIX has dictated a stronger focus on that family of operat-
ing systems, although aspects of Windows and the Mac OS operating system
that affect C programmers are mentioned as well.
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