Modern C for Absolute Beginners: A Friendly Introduction to the C Programming Language

© Slobodan Dmitrović 2021

S. DmitrovićModern C for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6643-4_1

1. Introduction

Slobodan Dmitrović¹  

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Belgrade, Serbia

 

Dear reader, congratulations on choosing to learn the C programming language, and thank you for picking up this book. My name is Slobodan Dmitrović, and I will try to introduce you to a wonderful world of C programming to the best of my abilities. This book is divided into four parts. In Part 1, we cover the C language basics. Part 2 explains the C standard library, and Part 3 introduces us to modern C standards. The final part explains the dos and don’ts in modern C. Let us get started!

1.1 What Is C?

C is a programming language, a general-purpose, procedural, compiled programming ...