A Crash Course in C
Abstract
This appendix is designed for the novice in C. Beginning with installing a C compiler to allow the compilation and running of a first “Hello world!” program, this appendix starts with the basics and concludes with strategies for breaking complex projects into modular C files and header files. Instead of beginning with syntax, this appendix begins with three concepts that may be foreign to readers experienced in higher-level languages, but which are critical to C and embedded programming: data types; addresses and pointers; and compiling. With a firm grounding in these concepts, the appendix then proceeds through a series of programs demonstrating C syntax in the context of simple programs. Topics include ...
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