C/C++ Programming 1
Ray Mitchell

Texts

Course Texts

1. Required - Ray Mitchell, “C/C++ Notes”:  UCSD Bookstore only.

   • Contains course notes, but is not a complete text on C/C++

   • Download sample sections: Section 0  Section 1  Section 2   Section 3
     
     

2. Recommended - Stephen Prata, “C++ Primer Plus”, SAMS:  UCSD Bookstore & others.  

   • An ANSI C++ text that covers all of the language basics and the standard library functions
     
     

3. Recommended - Al Kelley and Ira Pohl, “A Book On C”, Addison-Wesley:  UCSD Bookstore & others. 

   • An ANSI C text that covers all of the language basics and many standard library functions and methods

Optional Reference Texts  

1. ANSI/ISO/IEC C and C++ Standards  

   • Legalistic wording but always the final authority on all C and C++ issues.  Check the Internet for various sources.
     
     

2. Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele Jr., “C: A Reference Manual”, Prentice-Hall, Inc.

   • Exhaustive, detailed, and very informative.
       

3. Brian W. Kernigan and Dennis M. Ritchie, “The C Programming Language”, Prentice-Hall, Inc.  

   • The “original” C text.
     
     

4. P. J. Plauger, “The Standard C Library”, Latest Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc.  

   • In depth discussions of the standard library functions including the philosophy behind them and considerations for implementing them.  Contains much valuable insight and source code.
     
     

5. Bjarne Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language", Addison-Wesley

   • The “original” C++ text by the creator of the language.
     
     

6. Stanley B. Lippman and Josee Lajoie, "C++ Primer"