C Programming Essentials

Preface

WHY ANOTHER NEW BOOK ON C?

The popularity of C as a tool for teaching programming to students across the globe has resulted in a huge number of books on C. However, the authors feel that almost all the books available in the Indian market are lacking in an in-depth teaching of the programming techniques.

C is merely a language, which facilitates writing of programs for computers. While an in-depth understanding of the language is indeed the cornerstone to success, what separates the master programmers from the novice is usually the superior programming skills acquired by the latter over the years. While learning and understanding C is science, programming is an art. There are a few thumb rules and some good practices, but all of them ...