Extreme C

PushthelimitsofwhatC-andyou-cando,withthishigh-intensityguidetothemostadvancedcapabilitiesofCKeyFeatures*MakethemostofC’slow-levelcontrol,flexibility,andhighperformance*AcomprehensiveguidetoC’smostpowerfulandchallengingfeatures*Athought-provokingguidepackedwithhands-onexercisesandexamplesBookDescriptionThere’salotmoretoCthanknowingthelanguagesyntax.Theindustrylooksfordeveloperswitharigorous,scientificunderstandingoftheprinciplesandpractices.ExtremeCwillteachyoutouseC’sadvancedlow-levelpowertowriteeffective,efficientsystems.Thisintensive,practicalguidewillhelpyoubecomeanexpertCprogrammer.BuildingonyourexistingCknowledge,youwillmasterpreprocessordirectives,macros,conditionalcompilation,pointers,andmuchmore.Youwillgainnewinsightintoalgorithmdesign,functions,andstructures.YouwilldiscoverhowChelpsyousqueezemaximumperformanceoutofcritical,resource-constrainedapplications.Cstillplaysacriticalrolein21st-centuryprogramming,remainingthecorelanguageforprecisionengineering,aviations,spaceresearch,andmore.ThisbookshowshowCworkswithUnix,howtoimplementOOprinciplesinC,andfullycoversmulti-processing.InExtremeC,Aminiencouragesyoutothink,question,apply,andexperimentforyourself.ThebookisessentialforanybodywhowantstotaketheirCtothenextlevel.Whatyouwilllearn*BuildadvancedCknowledgeonstrongfoundations,rootedinfirstprinciples*Understandmemorystructuresandcompilationpipelineandhowtheywork,andhowtomakemostoutofthem*Applyobject-orienteddesignprinciplestoyourproceduralCcode*Writelow-levelcodethat’sclosetothehardwareandsqueezesmaximumperformanceoutofacomputersystem*Masterconcurrency,multithreading,multi-processing,andintegrationwithotherlanguages*UnitTestinganddebugging,buildsystems,andinter-processcommunicationforCprogrammingWhothisbookisforExtremeCisforCprogrammerswhowanttodigdeepintothelanguageanditscapabilities.Itwillhelpyoumakethemostofthelow-levelcontrolCgivesyou.