The C Programming Language

Posted on 17 October 2018 by Brian W. Kernighan

This book is meant to help the reader learn how to program in C It is the definitive reference guide, now in a second edition Although the first edition was written in 1978, it continues to be a worldwide best seller This second edition brings the classic original up to date to include the ANSI standard From the Preface We have tried to retain the brevity of the first edition C is not a big language, and it is not well served by a big book We have improved the exposition of critical features, such as pointers, that are central to C programming We have refined the original examples, and have added new examples in several chapters For instance, the treatment of complicated declarations is augmented by programs that convert declarations into words and vice versa As before, all examples have been tested directly from the text, which is in machine readable formAs we said in the first preface to the first edition, C wears well as one s experience with it grows With a decade experience, we still feel that way We hope that this book will help you to learn C and use it well. 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Kernighan ] – kino-fada.fr Found myself rereading this the other day, after recommending Chapter 8 to a young engineer seeking the Truth behind malloc 3 still as fresh as the day it was printed, although I do note minor failings now ubiquitous definitions of MAXLINE to 1000 rather than idiomatic use of ANSI ISO s BUFSIZ, ratheruse of register than I care to see in peacetime, etc Also, w...If you re a geek, you have to prostrate yourself in the direction of Bell Labs whenever this book is mentioned I m not really a geek, so it s optional Well, perhaps I d better do it anyway Just in case.For evolution of the planet earth and our modern understanding of biology, there was Darwin s Origin of the Species For mathematics, there was Newton s Philosophi Naturalis Principia Mathematica Well, for the internet, for Facebook, for LinkedIn, Twitter, Instgram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Pornhub amd even the odious website for Justin Bieber would never have existed without Kernigan and Ritchieaffectionately known as KR s classic, The C Programming Language What language was TCP IP For evolution of the planet earth and our modern understanding of biology, there was Darwin s Origin of the Species For mathematics, there was Newton s Philosophi Naturalis Principia Mathematica Well, for the internet, for Facebook, for LinkedIn, Twitter, Instgram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Pornhub amd even the odious website for Justin Bieber would never have existed without Kernigan and Ritchieaffectionately known as KR s classic, The C Programming Language What language was TCP IP written in C What language inspired both C and Java and the abominable C C What ...Great book as a reference for C.If you already know how to program and want to learn C, this is the book But you must do the exercises don t read the book work the book.Certainly a book hyped by many folks, calling it the to read when learning C.Well, in reality it s just that, hyped There is no objective reason why this book is a must read or good at all Sure, it does...Excellent A Would read again The C Programming Language is THE VERY BEST way to learn the C programming language Starting with the basic Hello World program, this book covers everything of course, as the official guide to the language this is expected As any p...Ok dudes, this is THE book If you want to know how to program in C, the once and future language of all computing, you must buy this book.EFF this C , CLI, J , VB, and all those other abominational languages that are trying to kill good programming skills If you want to learn how to really program you need to DO this book.You don t read this book, you DO it Thought I made a typo, huh As a general rule, shorter books are better than those SAMS type 1000 page tomes, teach you , and are har Ok dudes, this is THE book If you want to know how to program in C, the once and future language of all computing, yo...Regardless of the fact that the architect of the language is a co author, this book is simply not a good book on discussing the intricacies of C, a language replete with low level details defining its behavior.Everything, including a discussion on sequence points and side effects, among other topics, is included in Peter Prinz s and Tony...I read this years ago when I was first taking C I don t have this edition, but an earlier one After wading through several other books, I kept coming back to this one as a reference while programming It is deceptively short sweet Re reads constantly found meavenues to explore using their basics.I gave a copy to my son he came to the same conclusion While other, larger,specific books come go as C evolves, this basic work is a must for any serious programme I read this years ago when I was first taking C I don t have this edition, but an earlier one After wading through several other books, I kept coming back to this one as a reference while programming It is deceptively short sweet Re reads constantly found meavenues to explore using their basics.I gave a copy to my son he came to ...I can t say I learned how to program C using this book that distinction goes to the long forgotten Microsoft Quick C for Windows manuals and a reference manual put out by the Waite Group I can t even say that I need to consult this very often any, although it will quickly clear up any questions you might have about arrays of pointers to unions of structs This book is the ideal presentation of a language When was the last time you saw both the grammar and standard library of a language I can t say I learned how to program C using this book that distinction goes to the long forgotten Microsoft Quick C for Windows manuals and a reference manual put out by the Waite Group I can t even say that I need to consult this very often any, although it will quickly clear up...

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17 October 2018

Brian W. Kernighan