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Title: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Where Do We Go From Here?

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C in Depth

The C Programming Language, 3rd Edition, Bjarne
Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1997
Complete and accurate
The C Standard Library, Nicolai Josuttis,
Addison-Wesley,1999
Very readable, and fairly complete.
Some of the examples are over-simplified.
C Coding Standards, Alexandrescu and Sutter,
Addison-Wesley, 2005
Excellent review of what we covered in this
class. Recommended study for interviews.
C Common Knowledge, Stephen Dewhurst,
Addison-Wesley, 2005
Clear, consise intermediate level discussion of
C design issues and idoms.
Modern C Design, Andrei Alexandrescu,
Addison-Wesley, 2001
Most sophisticated book on templates Ive seen.
C Gotchas, Stephen Dewhurst, Addison-Wesley,
2003
99 items that describe common errors and correct
methods
Effective STL, Scott Meyers, Addison-Wesley, 2001
50 items that describe common errors and correct
methods
Exceptional C, Herb Sutter, Addison-Wesley,
2000

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Gentler C

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Object Oriented Design

Design Patterns, Erich Gamma, et. al.,
Addison-Wesley, 1995
This wonderful book is the text we use in the
summer course of that name. You have to write
software using the patterns to understand in
detail what the book is saying, but well worth
reading even if you dont follow my advice.
CSE776 - Design Patterns Course
Presentations and discussions of 23 patterns from
the book and half a dozen from other places.
A relaxed, reflective look at OOD, with an
orientation toward C
Excellent practice making technical
presentations, much like those you will be
required to give when working professionally.
But this is a much more forgiving atmosphere a
chance to learn these skills with help from the
instructor and your classmates.

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Is it Worthwhile to Study C Further?

C is the system programming language for the
foreseeable future.
Standards work, focused on the library, may
provide more platform tools like threading,
directory support, and smart pointers.
Only language that works in both managed and
unmanaged code.
C and the .Net Framework are the best
language/library/runtime combination available
for the Windows platform.
Usability is excellent for beginners as well as
experts
Intellisense and object browser are terrific
tools
Best integrated over the desktop and server
platforms
Becoming available on non-Wintel platforms
Mono, GNUdotNet
Java and J2EE have a large installed base but
My personal opinion is that Sun no longer has the
financial muscle to vigorously support the Java
infrastructure.
They have continually refused to surrender any
control over the language and packages to a
standards body.

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My Favorite Language

C is my favorite programming language. Why?
Deep copy model is by far the best model for
scientific computing. You need real object
identity to implement algorithms effectively, not
just assignment makes another reference.
I believe its easier to elegantly structure
programs using C
Templates
Rich memory model
Exceptional control over program execution.
Global functions as well as classes.
The STL provides a very powerful collection of
containers and algorithms.
Its easier to build complex data structures with
the STL than anything else Ive used.

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Open Libraries

Loki library
http//www.moderncppdesign.com/
Exploits template policy and template
metaprogramming to provide flexible tools for
implementing C programs
Smart pointers
Generalized functors
Object factories
Boost library
www.boost.org
An open-source set of libraries started by
members of the C standardization committee.
Many useful capabilities for C
Graphs
Math
testing