Overview
The objective of this book is to describe the C programming language to the non-programmer. Supports all coverage with a wealth of figures that provide graphic representations of topics under discussion. Offers a companion diskette containing the C source code files for all programs found in the book. Examines all of the essential tools and techniques of programming (loops, calculations, formatting, I/O, etc.) in over 300 tested and working programs, each compiled and executed with three different compilers to help ensure accuracy. Includes coverage of advanced topics such as recursion; the 80x86 architecture; memory models; assembly language concepts; converting C source code to assembly language; printer controller application program; and compiling multiple source files with MAKE.
Synopsis
The objective of this book is to describe the C programming language to the non-programmer. Supports all coverage with a wealth of figures that provide graphic representations of topics under discussion. Offers a companion diskette containing the C source code files for all programs found in the book.
Examines all of the essential tools and techniques of programming (loops, calculations, formatting, I/O, etc.) in over 300 tested and working programs, each compiled and executed with three different compilers to help ensure accuracy. Includes coverage of advanced topics such as recursion; the 80x86 architecture; memory models; assembly language concepts; converting C source code to assembly language; printer controller application program; and compiling multiple source files with MAKE.
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About two-thirds of the volume comprises reproductions of the files of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs relating to the periods that poet Osip Mandelstam (1938-40) and Yiddish writer Pinchas Kahanovitch, writing as Der Nister (1949-50) spent in Soviet prisons. In the rest Maggs (law, U. of Illinois) synthesizes what is to be learned from the documents and provides guidelines for using similar records for research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)