21st century C

Description

Throw out your old ideas of C, and relearn a programming language thats substantially outgrown its origins. With 21st Century C, youll discover up-to-date techniques that are absent from every other C text available. C isnt just the foundation of modern programming languages, it is a modern language, ideal for writing efficient, state-of-the-art applications. Learn to dump old habits that made sense on mainframes, and pick up the tools you need to use this evolved and aggressively simple language. No matter what programming language you currently champion, youll agree that C rocks. Set up a C programming environment with shell facilities, makefiles, text editors, debuggers, and memory checkersUse Autotools, Cs de facto cross-platform package managerLearn which older C concepts should be downplayed or deprecatedExplore problematic C concepts that are too useful to throw outSolve Cs string-building problems with C-standard and POSIX-standard functionsUse modern syntactic features for functions that take structured inputsBuild high-level object-based libraries and programsApply existing C libraries for doing advanced math, talking to Internet servers, and running databases