‘Learn C the Hard Way’ by Zed A. Shaw is a clear and direct introduction to modern C programming. The book crafts in such a way that it is the perfect choice for all programmers who wish to learn C programming and are eager to advance their skills. The book will not only help you learn C programming but also introduce you to many new skills sought in the programming world.

Zed Shaw has crafted the perfect course for the beginning C programmer eager to advance their skills in any language. Follow it and you will learn the many skills early and junior programmers need to succeed–just like the hundreds of thousands of programmers Zed has taught to date! You bring discipline, commitment, persistence, and experience with any programming language; the author supplies everything else.

Through practical projects, you’ll apply what you learn to build confidence in your new skills. Shaw teaches the key skills you need to start writing excellent C software, including so many things like Operators, variables, and data types, Data structures, including linked lists, sort, and search, Memory allocation, Fixing stack overflows, illegal memory access, and more, Breaking and hacking your own C code, Fixing stack overflows, illegal memory access, and more, I/O files, Stacks and queues, functions, points, and so many other topics.

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