C:  A Reference Manual, Fifth Edition  Samuel P. Harbison III, Guy L. Steele Jr.
0-13-089592-xpadPrentice Hall 9780130895929 013089592xFeb-02
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This best-selling, authoritative reference manual provides a complete description of the C language, the run-time libraries, and a style of C programming that emphasizes correctness, portability, and maintainability.

Describing the C language more clearly and in more detail than any other book, authors Samuel P. Harbison III and Guy L. Steele Jr. provide in a single manual:

  • Standard C (1999): The new revision of the C Standard supports complex and Boolean types, variable length arrays, precise floating-point programming, and new libraries for portability and internationalization.
  • Standard C (1989): The version of C used by most of today's programmers
  • Traditional C: Common practice before 1990. With millions of lines of code in use every day
  • C++ compatible C: Code that can be used as C or C++
  • The complete C run-time libraries for all C versions

    C: A Reference Manual is the only book that describes all the details of C -- past and present. It is the single must-have reference for all C programmers and implementors.

    Thoroughly revised and updated, this expanded fifth edition includes a complete description of the latest C Standard, ISO/IEC 9899:1999, with its powerful language extensions and new libraries.