C Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner (Series).)

607 Pages·2002·3.47 MB·English

by  Michael Vine

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C Programming for the Absolute Beginner :
title: The Fun Way to Learn Programming For
the Absolute Beginner (Series)
author: Vine, Michael A.
publisher: Course PTR
isbn10 | asin: 1931841527
print isbn13: 9781931841528
ebook isbn13: 9780585456119
language: English
subject C (Computer program language)
publication date: 2002
lcc: QA76.73.C15V56 2002eb
ddc: 005.13/3
subject: C (Computer program language)
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C Programming
for the absolute beginner
THE FUN WAY TO LEARN PROGRAMMING
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C Programming
for the absolute beginner
THE FUN WAY TO LEARN PROGRAMMING
MICHAEL VINE
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This book is dedicated to my beautiful wife, Sheila.
I love you very much!
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Acknowledgments
Writing a book is not easy, especially a programming book. It takes many
great, patient, and talented people to write, edit, design, layout, market,
finance, and produce a book and accompanying CD-ROM. Without the
great people at Premier Press, it would be impossible for me to share
with you my knowledge of programming in such a professional and fun
manner. I especially would like to acknowledge Amy Pettinella for her
dedication to this book and her eye for detail. Thanks, Amy! I would also
like to thank Todd Jensen and Andy Harris for giving me an opportunity to
write a book on C. Thanks guys!
C is one of the most complex programming languages in the computing
world and therefore requires a special and talented person to ensure the
accuracy of the presented information. This mammoth duty was accepted
by Greg Perry, who in his own right is a famous author of many
programming and technical books. Greg, thank you very much for
sharing your wisdom and years of experience with me. This book would
not have been the same without you!
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About the Author
Michael Vine has taught computer programming, Web design, and
database classes at Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis,
and at MTI College of Business and Technology in Sacramento,
California. He currently works full-time as a software engineer developing
client-server applications in Visual BASIC, PowerBuilder, Java, and
Oracle.