num_pages: 181
description: The C11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly simply and directly and to write faster more efficient code. Bjarne Stroustrup the designer and original implementer of C thoroughly covers the details of this language and its use in his definitive reference The C Programming Language Fourth Edition . In A Tour of C  Stroustrup excerpts the overview chapters from that complete reference expanding and enhancing them to give an experienced programmerin just a few hoursa clear idea of what constitutes modern C. In this concise self-contained guide Stroustrup covers most major language features and the major standard-library componentsnot of course in great depth but to a level that gives programmers a meaningful overview of the language some key examples and practical help in getting started. Stroustrup presents the C features in the context of the programming styles they support such as object-oriented and generic programming. His tour is remarkably comprehensive. Coverage begins with the basics then ranges widely through more advanced topics including many that are new in C11 such as move semantics uniform initialization lambda expressions improved containers random numbers and concurrency. The tour ends with a discussion of the design and evolution of C and the extensions added for C11. This guide does not aim to teach you how to program (see Stroustrups Principles and Practice Using C for that); nor will it be the only resource youll need for C mastery (see Stroustrups The C Programming Language Fourth Edition  for that). If however you are a C or C programmer wanting greater familiarity with the current C language or a programmer versed in another language wishing to gain an accurate picture of the nature and benefits of modern C you cant find a shorter or simpler introduction than this tour provides.
language: English
title: A Tour of C++
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional