The C and C++ Programming Languages

C Language Programmers Reference by Martin Leslie WOW!

The Ten Commandments of C Style by Lawrence Lile (tounge in cheek, but explains why as well)

Effecient Bit Twiddeling

Strings in C

Large Projects

Expression Evaluator

This page is about helping a person learn the C language. See

• PIC Microcontroller Languages or
• Ubicom SX Microcontroller Languages
  to find C compilers for these processors.

Books:

• The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie 2nd Edition (June 1988) Prentice Hall.
  This is THE BOOK, Errata at http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/2ediffs.html
• The C++ Programming Language Special Edition by Bjarne Stroustrup
• C by Example by Greg Perry 1st Edition (December 1999) Que Corporation
• C Programming for Embedded Systems  by Kirk Zurell Bk&Cd Rom edition (February 2000) CMP Books;
• Programming Microcontrollers in C by Ted Van Sickle
• Teach Yourself C in 21 Days  by Peter G. Aitken, Bradley L. Jones 5th edition (October 22, 1999) Sams

• Other Sites:
  1. http://www.cppreference.com
  2. http://vinny.csd.mu.edu/learn.html Learn C/C++ Today is a collection of tutorials designed to teach C and C++.
  3. http://ciips.ee.uwa.edu.au/~morris/Year1/CLP110/CLP_ToC.html A First Course in Program Design using C
  4. POWER C by MIX software 214-783-6001 Very recommended
  5. news:comp.lang.c and the FAQ
  6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
  7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/cclass.html . Classes based on "The C Programming Language " by Kernighan & Ritchie and it is easier to read and understand than the Kernighan & Ritchie book. Also available are notes to read along with the book mentioned above, so that you do not miss the important stuff.
  8. http://www.mindview.net/ThinkingInCPP2e.html "Thinking in C++, 2nd ed. Volume 1" by Bruce Eckel. It is C++ book with a very good into to C (chapter 3:). The book is free in electronic form (PDF, HTML and other formats available)
  9. http://www.fored.co.uk  A very good downloadable tutorial
  10. http://goforit.unk.edu/cscourse.htm lots of free tutorials including C and much else
  11. http://cyberdiem.com/vin/learn.html has a decent list of books, tutorials and other useful stuff for people learning C or C++.
  12. http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/. A more academic site. Not really for beginners but a very useful reference site for the more experienced.
  13. http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ is worth a look too.
  14. http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm
• http://michael.dipperstein.com/free.html Very nice list of free windows compilers and development related tools
• http://www.oxaero.com/Jim.asp James Hendrix's resume includes links to download Small C for DOS, with some windows and other tools available.
• Borland has made some early versions of Turbo Pascal and Turbo C available free of charge for download at: http://community.borland.com/museum. As 16 Bit tools, they are not in that high of demand, but they are nice to learn Pascal and C with.
• http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/ Borland/Imprise has announced that their C++ (the current version) is now available for download. You must pay if you want the Visual development version.
• http://www.mixsoftware.com/product/powerc.htm $19.95 - worth it just for the compiler. No it's not a "Lite version" or a student version or anything, it is a complete DOS C compiler and inch-thick From the Beginning tutorial for 20 measly smackers!
• http://www.research.att.com/~bs/papers.html Publications by Bjarne Stroustrup
• http://www.ddj.com/topics/cpp/ DDJ C/C++ Programming Articles
• http://www.m0rph.com/c++/main.shtml #C++ Site Navigator
• http://www.chami.com/colorizer/ Code colorizer
• http://www.yty.net/linux/comp.html Compiling C and C++ in Linux
• http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~wongb/funny/cpsc/c_addendum.html
• ftp://ftp.dunfield.com/embedpc.zip (cached 20000505 HTML) Dave Dunfield's Bootloader, Minimal file system, Text Windows, Serial Comms, and Joystick routines for embedded PC's
• http://goforit.unk.edu/cprogram/cstart.htm There's a good trot through the main points of the language, with exercises, (and several other interesting tutorials on this site).
• http://cyberdiem.com/vin/learn.html also has C tutorials

See also:

• http://www.loginway.com/project_site.htm Projects and useful examples of PIC microcontrollers C programming.+
• http://www.ankitfadia.com/cfirst.htm The C Programming Language Torn Apart
• /techref/microchip/language/cs.htm PIC C compilers
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Questions:

• Assembly language programmers transitioning to C will sometimes ask: "How can i copy a register value into a C variable ?? and How can i copy a C variable into a register ??" old_cow_yellow at yahoo.com says: 'That is a question similar to: "How do I double clutch to shift to a lower gear with automatic transmission?" It is best for your sanity to forget about gears when you are driving a car with automatic transmission.'

Archive:

• List post "Implementing OOP features in C" An interesting post talks about how C++ code can be understood in terms of C. +

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