Learning a language--any language--involves a process wherein you learn to rely less and less on instruction and more increasingly on the aspects of the language youve mastered. Whether youre learning French, Java, or C, at some point youll set aside the tutorial and attempt to converse on your own. Its not necessary to know every subtle facet of French in order to speak it well, especially if theres a good dictionary available. Likewise, C programmers dont need to memorize every detail of C in order to write good programs. What they need instead is a reliable, comprehensive reference that they can keep nearby.C in a Nutshell is that reference.
This long-awaited book is a complete reference to the C programming language and C runtime library. Its purpose is to serve as a convenient, reliable companion in your day-to-day work as a C programmer. C in a Nutshell covers virtually everything you need to program in C, describing all the elements of the language and illustrating their use with numerous examples.