Mastering C Pointers: Tools for Programming Power

by Robert J. Traister

Book Overview

This book features complete coverage on using and controlling C language pointers to make C applications more powerful and expressive. This edition is updated and revised to reflect the changes that have been brought about with the full adoption of ANSI C.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 012697408X
• ISBN13: 9780126974089
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Walk before you can run

Do not miss this jewel. It is a tad dated; so that is why I just stumbled across it. Moreover, it does have a few faux pas; however, they will not get in the way of learning the basic concepts needed to master the language. By concentrating on the concepts of pointers and filtering out all the peripheral clutter involved in today's complex programming environment we can get a strong grasp of pointers and see the patterns automatically without having to translate the symbols as some foreign language. For people who are just casually interested, in pointers there is an added bonus of reading about compilers and companies that and long gone but made their mark in history. Using OpenMP: Portable Shared Memory Parallel Programming (Scientific and Engineering Computation)

surprisingly excellent condition

The book arrived early and for an older book was practically new!

Excellent for Beginners

This book really teaches the novice C programmer pointers. It sparked my interest in pointers and has helped me to understand pointers. I use this book for reference all the time. If you want to get a good understanding of pointers, this is a good book to read. I am learning C++, and I still use this C book as a reference to refresh my memory with some fundamental concepts. It is very easy to read too. Perfect for the beginner. I docked off a star because the writer uses turbo c and MS DOS; it's kind of an old-school book. Nonetheless, Traister explains the concepts very well, which is all I need from it.