Preface

Preface to the Third Edition

This edition of The Waite Group's C Primer Plus continues a tradition of aiding and encouraging those who want to learn the C programming language. The prefaces to the previous editions describe the underlying philosophy and approach of the book, so let's turn to what's new.

  • Coverage of the ANSI C library has been expanded, and Appendix F, "The Standard ANSI C Library," describes the entire library.

  • Now that the ANSI C standard has been around for several years, this edition devotes less space to the discussion of pre-ANSI C.

  • Examples have been retested yet again using several compilers, including the latest from Microsoft and Metrowerks.

  • The book discusses many of the additions to the ANSI C standard proposed ...

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