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In this third edition of Practical C Programming, the author aims at covering key aspects of the C programming language in a manner that can be easily understood by it’s readers. Summary Of The Book Practical C Programming is a must-have for students as well as engineers, for the simple reason that it covers all the core aspects of this powerful programming language. Most books give an overview of the language, but often ignore the minute aspects. Through the course of this book, the author emphasizes that coding it not about the right syntax only. Apart from getting the syntax straight, the coder also needs to utilize the correct style to make applications, which can be easily maintained. In this book, readers are guided through making programs that can be easily updated, debugged, and read. This book deals mostly with the practical rules of the language. In most cases, coders don’t create code, but actually modify, and maintain code by other programmers. This book deals with the aspect of creating clear code, which can be then updated by the coder easily. In this edition, the readers are acquainted with Integrated Development Environments (IDE) on Windows OS’s, and  UNIX coding utilities. About Steve Oualline The author of this book, Steve Oualline, is also a well-known programmer. Apart from this book, other books written by Qualline include How Not To Program In C++: 111 Broken Programs And 3 Working Ones, Wicked Cool Perl Scripts: Useful Perl Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems, and VI Improved (VIM). Oualline currently holds the post of a software engineering at a well-known phone company, located in South California. Till date, he has authored almost 12 books, pertaining to the field of coding, and linux software. During his spare time, Oualline is a real engineer on the Poway Midland Railroad.