Beginning C

I hope to read this new C book and improve my ability to understand other people's C, and perhaps make tweaks if needed. -- Richard Bejtlich, TaoSecurity The updated classic from author, lecturer, and respected academic Ivor Horton, "Beginning C, Third Edition" is the essential guide for anyone looking to learn the C language from the ground up. It is a highly recommended text for training courses and continuing education students, and assumes no prior working knowledge of C. By reading this book, you'll come to understand the fundamentals of the C lanuge and learn how to program. All you need is this book and any one of the widely available free or commercial C or C++ compliers, and you'll soon be writing real C programs. You'll learn C from the first principles, using step-by-step working examples that you'll create and execute yourself. This book will increase your programming expertise by guiding you thorugh the development of fully working C applications that use what you've learned in a practical context. You'll also be able to strike out on your own by trying the exercises included at the end of each chapter.Horton, Ivor is the author of 'Beginning C', published 2004 under ISBN 9781590592533 and ISBN 1590592530.