• Author:
  • British Standards Institute
• Subject:
  Computer Programming / Software Development
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons (UK)
• Published:
  29/07/2003
• Price:
  $94.99
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The definitive reference for any C programmer or for programmers needing to work with C programs.
Every book written about C refers frequently to the international standard that defines the language, this will be a must-have companion volume for everyone who is serious about programming in this language.
* The complete, current C standard (ISO/IEC 9899-1999) as approved by international standards bodies (BSI and ANSI)
* The ONLY available bound version of the standard
* Includes the C rationale which provides a valuable insight into why certain decisions were made during the creation of the language
* An introductory chapter explains what the standards process is and how the reader can participate in the standards process

Foreword by Dennis Ritchie.

Introduction by Francis Glassborow.

SECTION A - The C Rationale.

0. Introduction.

1. Scope.

2. Normative References.

3. Terms and Definitions.

4. Conformance.

5. Environment.

6. Language.

7. Library.

8. Annexes.

Annex D Universal character names for identifiers (normative).

Annex F IEC 60559 floating-point arithmetic (normative).

Annex G IEC 60559-compatible complex arithmetic (informative).

Annex H Language independent arithmetic (informative).

MSE. Multibyte Support Extensions Rationale.

References.

Index.

SECTION B - The C Standard

Foreword.

Introduction.

1. Scope.

2. Normative references.

3. Terms, definitions, and symbols.

4. Conformance.

5. Environment.

6. Language.

7. Library.

Annex A (informative) Language syntax summary.

Annex B (informative) Library summary.

Annex C (informative) Sequence points.

Annex D (normative) Universal character names for identifiers.

Annex E (informative) Implementation limits.

Annex F (normative) IEC 60559 floating-point arithmetics.

Annex G (informative) IEC 60559-compatible complex arithmetic.

Annex H (informative) Language independent arithmetic.

Annex I (informative) Common warnings.

Annex J (informative) Portability issues.

Bibliography.

Index.