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C: A Reference Manual, 4/E
Samuel P. Harbison, Texas Instruments
Guy L. Steele, Jr., Sun Microsystems

ISBN-10: 0133262243
ISBN-13: 9780133262247

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1995
Format: Paper; 480 pp
Published: 10/05/1994

For programmers interested in programming in C++ and the future of C.

This fourth edition of the bestselling C reference 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++.

This product accompanies:
Harbison & Steele, C: A Reference Manual, 5/E

reveals the weaknesses in the standard C language for creating an international standard.

explains the major additions to C created by ISO C Amendment 1 (1994) for writing portable, international programs.

details three new standard header files: iso646.h, wctype.h, and wchar.h.

explains several new tokens and macros used as replacements for operators and punctuation characters that are not found in some countries character sets.

describes some new formatting codes for the printf/scanf family of functions.

addresses a large number of new functions, plus some types and constants for multibyte and wide characters.

shows how to write Clean C programs that are maximally portable and reusable in C and C++ environments.

includes chapter-end exercises throughout the text, with detailed answers in an Appendix section.

offers an Appendix of the ASCII character set.

includes an Appendix of the syntax of the C language.

1. The C Language.

2. Lexical Elements.

3. The C Preprocessor.

4. Declarations.

5. Types.

6. Conversions and Representations.

7. Expressions.

8. Statements.

9. Functions.

10. Introduction to C Run-Time Libraries.

11. Standard Language Additions.

12. Character Processing.

13. String Processing.

14. Memory Functions.

15. Input/Output Facilities.

16. Storage Allocation

17. Mathematical Functions.

18. Time and Date Functions.

19. Control Functions.

20. Miscellaneous Functions.

C Intermediate / Advanced Programming (Computer Science)

C: A Reference Manual, 5/E
Harbison & Steele
©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 560 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 013089592X | ISBN-13: 9780130895929
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For C programming courses found in departments of Computer Science, Engineering, CIS, MIS, IT, Business and Continuing Education.

This authoritative reference manual provides a complete description of the C language, the run-time libraries, and a style of C programming that emphasizes correctness, portability, and maintainability. The authors describe the C language more clearly and in more detail than in any other book.

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