Some 'C' Books and Tutorials

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# Title: A C tutorial.

Filename: C-LESSON.ZIP
Author: Christopher Sawtell.

E-mail: chris@gerty.equinox.gen.nz
URL: ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/c-lang/c-lesson.zip

This tutorial contains a complete course for you to learn the 'C' computer language itself. Some knowledge, of computers and the jargon is assumed, but complicated concepts are fully explained. This tutorial is geared towards the UNIX operating system, but everything discussed here applies across all platforms. Most of the source code included here compiles under all the platforms. This is a good effort and is worth your time. Updates to this tutorials are posted to the USENET group comp.lang.c.

ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/c-lang/c-lesson.zip

Title: Coronado;s Generic C tutor v2.0

Author: Gordon Dodrill

This is one of the most complete tutorials out there. Once again, most of the items covered here are apply across all platforms. There are some items discussed here that are DOS dependent. The tutorial includes a manual that covers all the aspects of the C language. The archive also includes a huge collection of C code that is discussed in this tutorial. The best way to learn anything is by practical application and this tutorial does just that. A payment of $10.00 is requested by the author if you find the tutorial helpful, but the payment is not required. I think you should send in the $10.00 as a lot of time and effort went into this project.

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/msdos/c/gencsrc.zip
or
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/msdos/c/genctxt.zip

Title: Thread An On-Line C Help File V 1.01

Filename: THREAD.ZIP
Author: Fran Horvath


Thread is a C language help utility. It was written by a member of the U.S.D.A. Grad School faculty to help students learning the C language. Thread is a variable record-length database, together with an index, that enables the fast lookup and display of C keywords, standard library functions, and other items. There are a few important functions missing from this help utility, but it is still a pretty good resource. Give it a shot.

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/msdos/c/thread.zip

# Collection of C-Snippets

Filename: SNIP9510.ZIP
Author: Bob Stout

E-mail: bobstout@neosoft.com

This is the July 97 release of one of the biggest public domain/freeware portable C code and instruction text. According to the author, the 1.1 MB archive contains over 360 files and approximately 35% of it is PC-specific. The rest of it is completely portable. There is a piece of code for every single task starting with macros to complete cut-and-paste C code solution and utilities, along with some frequently asked questions and instructional files. This archive is a must for every programmer.

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/msdos/c/thread.zip

TUTOR v3.10

Filename: CTUTORDE.ZIP
Author: Gordon Dodrill

E-mail: rowe@netcom.com

This is an educational learning tool which helps expedite the difficult process of learning the C Programming Language. It includes a tutorial, style guide, and interactive quiz program all integrated together in one program. The tutorial covers both K&R version of C and ANSI C. One of the biggest limitation of this tutorial is that it is only available for DOS computers.

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/msdos/c/ctutorde.zip

Title: Programming in C

Filename: CE.html
Author: Dave Marshall

E-mail: Dave.Marshall@cm.cf.ac.uk

This is one of the best C programming tutorials out there on the World Wide Web (WWW). See tutorial #11 for more information on the web and tools to access the web. This tutorial starts out with some basic ideas and then extends to some more advanced features of C. With the popularity of the World Wide Web, items on the web servers are going to be very popular. This is really a great tutorial and worth checking out. Some of the items discussed here are loops, arrays, string manipulation, pointers, dynamic memory allocation, I/O, UNIX, C preprocessor and some exercises. While you're out there, check out Ceilidh, the online C tutoring system.

http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/CE.html

Title: ANSI C for Programmers on UNIX systems.

Filename: love_C.ps.Z,love_C.shar
Author: Tim Love

E-mail: tpl@eng.cam.ac.uk

This is a really nice C tutorial geared towards people on UNIX system as the title would suggest. This document introduces C by providing sample programming tasks. One of the good things about this tutorial is that all the source code included is ANSI compliant. This tutorial also includes programming exercises to aid or gauge your progress as you go through the material (answers included in back). The tutorial covers some of the basics such as functions, pointers and string manipulation followed by some programming examples to apply the items you've just learned.

There is also a section on memory allocation that illustrates the use and dangers of malloc. The section on the Make utility helped me a lot as I really don't like make and makefiles. The section of debugging is also extensive and has some great tips. The appendix of this tutorial also has a section of converting from K&R to ANSI C. Really great job and well worth the checking into.

ftp://svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk/pub/misc/love_C.ps.Z

Title: Coronado Enterprises C++ Tutorial (v2.20)

Author: Gordon Dodrill


Just like its C counterpart, this is really one of the best and most complete C++ tutorial out there. This tutorial is not for the person just starting out in programming as C++ is not an ideal first language. But if you are familiar with C or any other programming language, this tutorial will get you started with C++. All the source discussed in this tutorial is included and learning is really accelerated as you can compile the code while you are reading about it. This tutorial will assume a thorough knowledge of the C programming language and little time will be spent on the fundamental aspects of the language. Special attention has be devoted to explaining the newer additions as provided by the ANSI-C standard, as many programmers are used to the old K&R school of thought.

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/.2/simtelnet/ms...s/cptutt22.zip

# Title: Programming in C

Author: Jutta Degener

Filename: http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/index.html
E-mail: jutta@cs.tu-berlin.de

This is really one of the best collection of C related items out there on the World Wide Web maintained by the Lysator computer society, an association of computer science students at Linkoping University, Sweden. Here's a list of some of the items. There is a great section on ANSI C, reviews of 3 books and a list of errata from 2 books. There is a very interesting paper called `A development of the C language' by Dennis Ritchie that traces the origin of the language we know and love today. There is a HTML version of Kernighan's historical 'Programming in C: A Tutorial' (1974) that describes an early version of C, four years before K&R. WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS DOCUMENT AS A TUTORIAL. Also included are the `Ten Commandments for C programmers'

http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/index.html