A new and improved revision of the bestselling C language reference. This essential manual introduces the notion of "Clean C," writing C code that can be compiled as a C++ program, and incorporates the ISO C Amendment 1 (1994) which specifies new facilities for writing portable, international programs in C.
This fourth edition of the bestselling C reference covers two important developments: the ISO C Amendment 1 (1994), which specifies new facilities for writing portable, international programs in C; and a discussion of how to write C programs that are compatible with C++. Discusses the ongoing, international standardization of C++. Explores the importance of Clean C C code in the common subset of the ISO C and C++ languages. Demonstrates other ways to program in a style that is more compatible with C++.
For programmers interested in programming in C++ and the future of C.