Modern C, Third Edition is fully revised from the bestselling original to fully cover the C23 standard. For new or returning C coders, it starts with fundamentals like structure, grammar, compilation, and execution. From there, you’ll advance to control structures, data types, operators, and functions, as you gain a deeper understanding of what’s happening under the hood. This expanded C23 edition contains new coverage discussing compound expressions and lambdas, a comprehensive approach for program failure, and new appendices to aid your transition to C23. You’ll code as you go with concept-reinforcing exercises and skill-honing challenges along the way.
Modern C introduces you to modern day C programming, emphasizing the unique and new features of this powerful language. For new C coders, it starts with fundamentals like structure, grammar, compilation, and execution. From there, you’ll advance to control structures, data types, operators, and functions, as you gain a deeper understanding of what’s happening under the hood. In the final chapters, you’ll explore performance considerations, reentrancy, atomicity, threads, and type-generic programming. You’ll code as you go with concept-reinforcing exercises and skill-honing challenges along the way.