The C Programming Language (2nd Edition) - Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie (1988). It is still a good, short, but complete, introduction to C (C89, not C99 or later versions), written by the inventor of C. However, the language has changed and good C style has developed in the last 25 years, and there are parts of the book that show ...

Book Author(s) Description review; A Tour of C++: Bjarne Stroustrup (2nd edition for C++17, 3rd edition for C++20)The “tour” is a quick (about 180 pages and 14 chapters) tutorial overview of all of standard C++ (language and standard library, and using C++11) at a moderately high level for people who already know C++ or at least are experienced programmers.

Sep 18, 2015 · Today I reached page 167 of The C Programming Language (second edition Brian W. Kernighan & Dennis M. Ritchie) and found that the author says I must cast malloc. Here is the part from the book: 7.8.5 Storage Management. The functions malloc and calloc obtain blocks of memory dynamically. void *malloc(size_t n)

Dec 3, 2009 · But IMO this book required some experience before reading it. I suggest some books about programming tools (used in Linux but not only) like svn, diff, packaging system: Professional Linux Programming - good book step by step tutorial about creating video rental service using only Open Source tools. Unfortunately it's not only about C and ...

Aug 8, 2012 · "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, commonly referred to as K&R, is an excellent C book; Ritchie, after all, largely invented the language, though it does tend to assume some existing programming knowledge.

Jan 21, 2016 · K&R is clearly opposed to this. That doesn't mean you can't learn the C language from K&R, it just means that your style will need to be adjusted/updated based on whatever naming convention you decide upon in the future. I cannot recommend "Expert C Programming" enough (as stated by gregj).

Feb 21, 2016 · The broken and solid vertical bars have gotten more distinguished since the days of that book, but they used to be like the two ways of writing a lowercase "a". – user2357112 Commented Feb 21, 2016 at 4:56

Aug 25, 2010 · For most practical purposes, the language described in K&R2 is still the one to use. There has been a new C standard in 1999, but that has not been adopted as successfully and widely as the 1989 version of the standard (which K&R2 also describes).

Beginning C by Ivor Horton (3rd edition) from APress is a great introductory book on C programming. This book is very thorough and is not a reference book but a good tutorial from start to end on everything in the C language. Beginning C by Ivor Horton (3rd Edition)

Sep 5, 2010 · The only element of C not already explained in the text is the if statement, which is actually explained in the very next section (1.5.3). I hope this small alternative example will serve to help others who got caught up by the original example from the K&R book.