In writing an advanced text, van der Linden does not need to cover C in its entirety, but is free to pick and choose those areas that he has seen at the core of programming problems. More About Arrays. More About Pointers. Scattered throughout the book are special sections to enlighten the main text. To select gifted and experienced programmers, many companies schedule interviews with their best technical people.
Questions are often subtle, sometimes simple.
I certainly have never faced interview questions of this sort. But thanks to this book, I'm ready for them. It's hard to imagine a C programmer who won't get something out of this book. Many programmers go through their careers without the kind of knowledge contained in this book, and for the most part, they get by. You can do C this way.