Stephen G Kochan- Patrick H Wood Topics In C Programming [upd]

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Headline: 📘 Revisiting a Classic: Topics in C Programming by Kochan & Wood

  • Bitwise operators (&, |, ^, ~, <<, >>) in depth.
  • Bit fields in structures: The pros and cons of letting the compiler pack bits vs. manual shifting.
  • Masking and toggling: Creating reusable macros for setting/clearing bits.
  • Conditional Compilation:
    • Binary vs. text files – the pitfalls of fwrite on different architectures (endianness, structure padding).
    • Random access using fseek and ftell, with a practical example of an indexed file system.
    • Formatted input pitfalls: Why scanf is dangerous, and how to safely read input using fgets and sscanf.
    • Portable error handling with perror and errno.
    • Libraryping Cart