Modern C
by Jens Gustedt
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C is extraordinarily modern for a 50-year-old programming language. Whether you're writing embedded code, low-level system routines, or high-performance applications, C is up to the challenge. This unique book, based on the latest C standards, exposes a modern perspective of this tried-and-true language.
Modern C introduces you to modern day C programming, emphasizing the unique and new features of this powerful language. For new C coders, it starts with fundamentals like structure, grammar, compilation, and execution. From there, you'll advance to control structures, data types, operators, and functions, as you gain a deeper understanding of what's happening under the hood. In the final chapters, you'll explore performance considerations, reentrancy, atomicity, threads, and type-generic programming. You'll code as you go with concept-reinforcing exercises and skill-honing challenges along the way. 
Book Description
Modern C focuses on the new and unique features of modern C programming. The book is based on the latest C standards and offers an up-to-date perspective on this tried-and-true language.C is extraordinarily modern for a 50-year-old programming language. Whether you're writing embedded code, low-level system routines, or high-performance applications, C is up to the challenge. This unique book, based on the latest C standards, exposes a modern perspective of this tried-and-true language.
Modern C introduces you to modern day C programming, emphasizing the unique and new features of this powerful language. For new C coders, it starts with fundamentals like structure, grammar, compilation, and execution. From there, you'll advance to control structures, data types, operators, and functions, as you gain a deeper understanding of what's happening under the hood. In the final chapters, you'll explore performance considerations, reentrancy, atomicity, threads, and type-generic programming. You'll code as you go with concept-reinforcing exercises and skill-honing challenges along the way.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND). You can download Modern C ebook for free in PDF format (3.3 MB).
Table of Contents
Level 0
Encounter
Chapter 1
Getting started
Chapter 2
The principal structure of a program
Level 1
Acquaintance
Chapter 3
Everything is about control
Chapter 4
Expressing computations
Chapter 5
Basic values and data
Chapter 6
Derived data types
Chapter 7
Functions
Chapter 8
C library functions
Level 2
Cognition
Chapter 9
Style
Chapter 10
Organization and documentation
Chapter 11
Pointers
Chapter 12
The C memory model
Chapter 13
Storage
Chapter 14
More involved processing and IO
Level 3
Experience
Chapter 15
Performance
Chapter 16
Function-like macros
Chapter 17
Variations in control flow
Chapter 18
Threads
Chapter 19
Atomic access and memory consistency
Book Details
Title
Modern C
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
Manning
Published
2019
Pages
324
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9781617295812
ISBN10 Digital
1617295817
PDF Size
3.3 MB
License
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