November 2002
Beginner
432 pages
11h 44m
English
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Chapter 13. Programming with C
In This Chapter
Introducing C
Analyzing a C Program
Using the main() Function's Format
Using the #include Statement
C Data
C Comments
Declaring Variables
C Functions
C Operators
C Control Statements
C is one of those programming languages that most programmers never predicted would take off. Designed as a highly efficient, somewhat cryptic language used to write in the Unix operating system, C is a language designed by system programmers. The application programming community never intended to use C seriously.
Today, virtually every program you see on the store shelves is written in either C or, more likely, a language based on C. A C-based compiler is on a high percentage of programmers' computers. C's importance to modern ...