Using Turbo C

by Herbert Schildt

Covers the Turbo C integrated environment, compiling and linking, the editor, and many fundamental Turbo C concepts; program and control statements, functions, console and disk I/O, pointers and arrays, graphics; and more advanced concepts such as compiler directives, structures, unions, bitfields, enumerations and the Turbo C built-in debugger. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

516 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1987

About the author

Best-selling author Herbert Schildt has written extensively about the Java, C++, C, and C# programming languages. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been widely translated. Herb's books have been used in education, corporate training, and individual study.
Although he is interested in all facets of computing, Herb's primary focus is computer languages, especially the standardization of languages. He was a member of the original ANSI committee that standardized the C language in 1989, and he was a member of the ANSI/ISO committee that updated that standard in 1999. He was a member of the original ANSI/ISO committee that standardized C++ in 1998 and he was a member of the ANSI/ISO committee that updated the standard for C++ in 2011.

Herb holds both graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign.

Reviews

[Robert Black · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative! I love the way it's written, and a few good programmer jokes here and there are always a plus. If you're interested in learning some history about C and, in my opinion, one of the best compilers to use, then definitely pick up this great read.