Additional Resources

UNIX and Linux were built on the C language. C is a platform-independent, compiled, procedural language based on functions and on the capability to derive new, programmerdefined data structures.

If you are interested in learning more about C and C++, you should look for the following books:

• Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days, by Peter Aitken and Bradley Jones, Sams Publishing

• Sams Teach Yourself C++ for Linux in 21 Days, by Jesse Liberty and David B. Horvath, Sams Publishing

• C How to Program and C++ How to Program, both by Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel, Deitel Associates

• The C Programming Language, by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, Prentice Hall

• The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, by Margaret A. Ellis and Bjarne Stroustrup, ANSI Base Document

• Programming in ANSI C, by Stephen G. Kochan, Sams Publishing