Author | Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall |
Published | 2022 |
Edition | 1 |
Paperback | 752 pages |
Language | English |
License | Open Access |
This is an intro to C for folks who already know how to program in another language. The first half of the book is written in a tutorial style, while the second half is a reference section complete with examples (inspired by the incomparable Turbo C Bible). The goal is to keep this up-to-date with the latest C standards.
This guide assumes that you've already got some programming knowledge under your belt from another language, such as Python, JavaScript, Java, Rust, Go, Swift, etc. (Objective-C devs will have a particularly easy time of it!)
This book is published as open-access, which means it is freely available to read, download, and share without restrictions.
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