Synopses & Reviews
Some Things Just Fit Together! Combin the strength of both C and UNIX to create powerful, more efficient computer programs! Five principles guide you through a complete course in programming:
* Emphasis on software design via program and data structure design, the design of tables, data encapsulation, and the use of abstract data types solidifies all aspects of the design process.
* The development of C and UNIX simultaneously, yet independently of one another, allows you to develop skills in both languages, or focus on them individually.
* Chapter summaries, review problems, and numerous practical programming problems enable you to tie several different concepts together in a coherent scheme.
* Extensive examples covering scientific problems, applied mathematics, and floating point arithmetic broaden the spectrum of computer science and programming. Problems feature the ideal gas law, the accuracy of summations, root finding, the future value of an annuity, simulation, time series smoothing, image processing, integrals, descriptive statistics, fuzzy sets, and sparse arrays.
* A focus on basic principles gives you the groundwork for understanding data structures, analysis of algorithms, numerical analysis, computer graphics, and compiler design.
Synopsis
Some things just naturally fit together. Such is the case for C and UNIX: these software tools have been developed in tandem -- C is an excellent programming language, UNIX is an excellent operating system. They work well together and many software developers choose to take advantage of the symbiotic relationship between C and UNIX. In this book the essential features of C and UNIX are introduced, and readers are shown how to write more powerful and more efficient programs. The book is divided into four parts: Basic Program Syntax and Control, Program Design and Control of Input/Output, Data Structure Design and Management, and Advanced Features of C and UNIX.
Synopsis
An excellent introduction to the essential features of C and UNIX, designed to encourage readers to use them together in order to write more powerful and more efficient programs. Software design is emphasized throughout the text and every chapter includes a thorough synopsis, review problems with answers as well as several programming problems. The appendices contain solutions for nearly all review problems plus summaries of C, UNIX and vi commands, standard function libraries and C operator precedences.
Table of Contents
Programs.
Flow of Control.
Functions.
Input/Output.
Program Design.
Arrays.
Strings.
Structures.
Dynamic Memory Management.
Data Structure Design.
Specialized Tools.
Advanced Programming Topics.
Advanced Design Methods.
Appendices.
Index.