Department of Engineering

C

Tutorials

• Introductory C Programming (by Steve Summit)
• CUED Tutorial

Additional Documentation

• A handout on Debugging
• ANSI C Rationale (a 100+ page DVI file justifying and describing ANSI C)
• A Style Guide (a 38 page DVI file)
• A Tutorial on pointers and arrays
• Tips on writing portable code (a 38 page DVI file)
• C Traps and Pitfalls (Koenig's listing of C's tricks and traps, in postscript)

Other Sites and Sources of information

• the new C ("C9X")
• SNIPPETS
• The comp.lang.c newsgroup.
• Frequently Asked Questions.

Maths and Optimisation

• Netlib's collection of math routines and the Maths help page)
• Optimisation.
• NAG (Numerical Algorithms Group) libraries are installed locally on the HP machines (/usr/local/lib/libnag.a). C users should look at (/opt/NAG/include/techdoc.ps). HP C users should use the /opt/NAG/include/nagmk17_unix_nus.h include file.

Departmental Facilities

• gcc is installed on the linux-based Teaching System. See the gcc manpage for details.
• For information on programming in C, read the CUED Tutorial. It has sections on debugging, pointers, etc and a section of examples.
• Questions commonly asked at CUED are answered in the FAQ. Mail Tim Love if you have problems.

C++ is a related language.

Postscript and LaTeX versions of local documention are online.