Information about books

This unit focuses on the ANSI/ISO-C99 Programming Language. While drafts on this most recent standard appeared in the mid-1990s, very few textbooks began to serious focus on C99 until after 2000. Please take this into consideration when considering books - do not automatically expect a book much older than 5 years to contain any relevant or correct discussion on C99. Obviously, a book into its 3rd, or higher edition, will have corrected many errors from its earlier editions, and very likely have included up-to-date descriptions of the current state of the C Programming Language.

You may like to read a review of any book you are considering. A good, independent, review website is provided by The Association of C & C++ Users. Online bookstores, such as Amazon, also include many reviews by their customers.

The textbook:
	Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C, 3rd Edition Behrouz Forouzan, Richard Gilberg Publisher: Thomson Course Technology ISBN-13: 978-0-534-49132-1 1184 pages 2007
Some other introductory books on C: These are suitable as a first textbook on C.
	A First Book of ANSI C, 4th Edition Gary Bronson Publisher: Thomson Course Technology ISBN-13: 978-1-4188-3556-9 768 pages 2007 Note: this book was recommended for this unit in 2006 and, if you can pick up a second-hand copy, will still be suitable for this unit.
	A Book on C: Programming in C, 4th Edition Al Kelley, Ira Pohl Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional ISBN: 0201183994 752 pages 1997
Some advanced books on C: If you are already a strong programmer in Java or even C, then these books will be suitable for you. Do not purchase one of these as a first textbook on C.
	Pointers on C Kenneth Reek Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN: 0673999866 636 pages 1998
	Data Structures: A Pseudocode Approach with C, 2nd Edition Richard Gilberg, Behrouz Forouzan Publisher: Thomson Course Technology ISBN-13: 9780534390808 672 pages 2005
Some reference materials on C: These are not materials or textbooks from which you will be able to learn C from scratch. They are listed here because they are often cited, well respected, definitive references on the C Programming Language. If you have a serious interest in the C Programming Language (or if you're a pedant) you may be interested in one of these (perhaps a secondhand copy). Do not purchase one of these as a first textbook on C.
	The C Standard: Incorporating Technical Corrigendum 1 British Standards Institute Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 0-470-84573-2 558 pages 2003
	C Programming Language, 2nd Edition Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-110362-7 274 pages 1988
	The C Standard Library P.J. Plauger Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 978-0-13-1315099 512 pages 1991
	WG14 N1256 The latest publicly available version of the standard is the combined C99+Technical Corrigendums 1, 2 & 3, dated 2007-09-08. This is a WG14 working paper, but it reflects the consolidated standard at the time of issue.
	C99RationaleV5.10 The rationale for the C99 standard.