Topics in C Programming

by Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood

Book Overview

The best single-source guide available for detailed treatment of advanced C programming for the UNIX environment. No other book addresses, in comparable depth, the topics explored here by authors Kochan and Wood--topics like X-Windows, pointers and structures, generating programs with "make", and debugging C programs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471534048
• ISBN13: 9780471534044
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

This guy is sick

I would reccomend everything this cat writes, but especially this tome. For some scary reason every page of this book address topics that are exactly relevant to my CS coursework in school, and which other books dont address or explain poorly. This guy can make any advanced topic easy. 1. Pointers to pointers, arrays of pointers, pointers to structs, and function pointers are all covered better then anyone.2. Dude Unix system calls and process control made easy. Great for OS classes. Even now in 2003 this remains my favorite code book of all time. A great writer.

A healthy break from the same old C-rap

This is the perfect book for those who have grown beyond the infantile "printf/scanf" stage. Most of the books on C I have seen before dwell on needless details of trivial stuff that few people would use anyway. Kochan gives all the intricacies of C illustrated with higly educational examples.

If your serious about C then BUY THIS NOW!!!

This is a GREAT book. The book starts off with pointers and arrays none of this "intro to variables" you get in other books. Definately not for beginners but if you know C then this will help you leap to the next level.

This is an excellent book in advanced C programming methods.

This is an excellent book in advanced C programming techniques. Although it is an advanced text, the author explains each method in detail and strengthens understanding of key elements in C programming. A number of weaknesses prevent this book from rating 5 stars: the last chapter is number 9 (which makes it harder to use in a 16 week semester), the second chapter is really about four chapters (structures, pointers, linked lists, other topics), the chapter length ranges from 4 pages (chap 1) to 82 pages (chap 2), and it hasn't been updated since 1991. This book is relatively easy to read, but sometimes runs into awkward sentences. The awkward sentences can be directly attributed to required nomenclature (returns...returns...returns...) which can leave the reader wondering if returning to that sentence will improve understanding of the concept. The examples and exercises are wonderful. The examples build a base of programs that should be useful to every programmer. The examples also show the differences in methods achieving the same result and explain the reasoning behind methods that are better (fewer clocks, more efficient use of memory, etc.). I really enjoyed reading this book and wish an updated edition was available, which led me to this website and book review.