A manual of programming style.  A study of a large number of "real" programs, each of which provides one or more lessons in style.

Elements of Programming Style

Science & Math

Kernighan, Brian W.

Plauger, P.J.

Mathematics

McGraw=Hill

The Elements of Programming Style, 2nd Edition

Reference

This book presents the library portion of the draft ANSI/ISO Standard for the programming language C++, and shows how to use all the library classes and functions mandated by that draft Standard. Authoritative and timely, this tutorial/reference fills a void. Remarkably little has been written about the basic library that accompanies nearly every C++ translator to date; and practically nothing has been written on the library portion of the draft C++ standard that describes what will accompany all implementations of C++ in the near future. Written by the well-known author of the Standard C Library, the Draft C++ Standard will be made available publicly in February 1994. KEY TOPICS: An introductory chapter discusses how the Standard C library changes to meet the needs of C++. Then each of the 38 headers is covered using the same format: a discussion of how the specific portion of the library is customarily used, excerpts from relevant portions of the Draft, the code needed to implement the particular portion and to test the implementation, and exercises and references. For programmers familiar with the C and C++ programming languages.

Draft Standard C++ Library, The

Computers & Technology

Programming Languages

PRENTICE/HALL

Prentice Hall's most important C programming title in years. A companion volume to Kernighan &amp; Ritchie's C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. A collection of reusable functions (code for building data structures, code for performing math functions and scientific calculations, etc.) which will save C programmers time and money especially when working on large programming projects. The C Library is part of the ANSI (American National Standard Institute) for the C Language. This new book contains the complete code for the library. It covers elements of the library with which even the most experienced C programmers are not familiar such as internationalization (the ability to write programs that can adapt to different cultural locales, for example, using the C library, programmers can write software that manipulates large character sets such as Kanji). Structured like the Standard C Library, it contains 15 headers declaring or defining all of the names in the library. A separate chapter covers each header, including excerpts from relevant portions of the C Standard showing all codes needed to implement each portion of the library and explaining why it is necessary. The book teaches readers the concepts and design issues associated with library building. Using this book, programemrs will be less likely to re-code something that already exists in a given program. Plauger is one of the world's leading experts on C and the C Library.

Standard C Library, The

Pearson

P.J. Plauger's monthly column "Programming on Purpose" has been entertaining readers of Computer Language magazine for years. He writes as readily on how to be a software entrepreneur as he does on the innards of floating-point anthmetic or the turbulent world of software design methodologies. By popular demand, he has gathered six and a half years' output into several collections, each with a common theme. Essays on Software People explores the often-neglected human side of the computer software business. Here you will learn how to be really ingenious, and how to protect the fruits of your ingenuity, how to mix technology with politics, and how not to write shelfware. The budding entrepreneur will find pragmatic advice on dealing with everyone from customers to employees to venture capitalists. Plauger's style is clear without being simplistic, reducing complex themes to bite-size chunks.

Programming on Purpose II: Essays on Software People

P. J. Plauger's monthly column "Programming on Purpose" has been entertaining readers of Computer Language magazine for years. He writes as readily on how to be a software entrepreneur as he does on the innards of floating-point arithmetic or the turbulent world of software design methodologies. By popular demand, he has gathered six and a half years' output into several collections, each with a common theme. Essays on Software Technology covers a number of important technical themes. Here you will find essays on such basic topics as practical computer arithmetic and computer outputs that match the human senses. You will find discussions of cutting-edge issues such as public-key cryptography and cross-cultural coding styles. And you will find a complete set of his incisive April Fool's columns. Plauger's style is clear without being simplistic, reducing complex themes to bite-size chunks.

Programming on Purpose III: Essays on Software Technology

Software

A hypertext version of a standard reference to Standard C computer programming language, using the same Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) increasingly familiar to people from the World Wide Web. The material is partitioned into pages that are connected with hot links between related subjects. Not a tutorial on either C or programming. Includes a 3.5" disk. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Standard C: A Reference (Prentice Hall Series on Programming Tools and Methodologies)

Brodie, Jim

Prentice Hall PTR

With the ANSI/ISO C++ Standard Template Library (STL), C++ developers have a powerful toolset for maximizing productivity, software quality, and performance at the same time. STL provides both comprehensive sets of container classes and fundamental algorithms to go with them-a large, systematic, and efficient framework for C++ development. Now, in this long-awaited book, the creators of the C++ Standard Template Library explain it authoritatively and in depth. Each chapter of The C++ Standard Template Library covers one STL component, including: *Detailed background about the component and its uses *A thorough review of the relevant ANSI/ISO C++ standard *Practical techniques for using and implementing the component *Extensive sample code *Hands-on exercises Appendices present lists of reserved names, a detailed glossary of terms and references, and how STL interfaces with the rest of the Standard C++ library. Fully reflective of the final ANSI/ISO STL standard, The C++ Standard Template Library is the last word on all aspects of STL development for every experienced C++ programmer.

C++ Standard Template Library, The

Musser, David

Stepanov, Alexander

Lee, Meng

A guided tour of numerous software design methods, this volume collects into book form a variety of articles from P.J. Plauger's monthly column Programming on Purpose which has been entertaining readers of Computer Language Magazine for years. Topics span the gamut from how to be a software entrepreneur, the innards of floating point arithmetic, and the turbulent world of software design methodologies, including structured analysis and data-structured design, why “bottom-up” design isn't always foolish, and why “top-down” design isn't always wise. MARKETS: For supplemental reading in an intermediate or advanced course on software design methods or software engineering, and for practicing programmers, software engineers, and specialists.

Programming on Purpose: Essays on Software Design

Computer Science

This work offers a comprehensive treatment of ANSI and ISO standards for the C library. Written by the head of the ANSI committee that standardized the C library, this book is designed to accompany "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie. The work includes the complete code of the standard C library and the code has been compiled with C compilers from Borland, Saber, Sun UNIX and VAX UNIX. It focuses on the concepts, design issues and trade-offs associated with library building - programmers will be able to make the best use of the C library and will be less likely to recode something that already exists in a given program. Also included is practical advice on using and implementing all 15 headers of the C library, with one chapter devoted to each section of the library, and coverage of internationalization and the writing of locale-independent programs (topics with which the most experienced C programmers are often not familiar).

The Standard C Library

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