Bookshelf

• D Programming Language
• C
• C++
• Standard Template Library
• Compilers
• Floating Point
• 32 Bit Windows Programming
• 16 Bit Windows Programming
• Graphics
• Assembly Language
• File Formats
• Other Languages
• Historical Interest

Learn to Tango with D by Kris Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly and Michael Parker

D Language Perfect Guide

"Programming Languages - C", ANSI/ISO/IEC 9899-1999
This is the C international standard, also known as C99.

The C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0131103628
Answers to exercises.

Expert C Programming
by Peter van der Linden
Prentice Hall PTR/Sun Microsystems Press; ISBN: 0131774298
Errata, missing proof, and code examples.

C Traps and Pitfalls, Andrew Koenig (Addison-Wesley)
Written for intermediate and advanced C programmers, contains a detailed discussion of common C programming problems.

Standard C: A Reference, P. J. Plauger and Jim Brodie (Microsoft Press)
A guide to writing C programs that conform to the ANSI C standard. Both authors were officers of the committee that drafted the ANSI standard. Online version.

C: A Software Engineering Approach, Peter Darnell and Philip Margolis (Springer-Verlag)
An introduction to the C programming language. This book is ideal for new C programmers who have programmed in other languages.

C: A Reference Manual, Samuel Harbison and Guy Steele, Jr. (Prentice Hall)
Contains a detailed and authoritative discussion of the syntax, meaning, and idiomatic usage of ANSI Standard C.

Portability and the C Language, Rex Jaeschke (Hayden Books)
Covers writing portable C programs and is suitable for advanced C programmers. It provides guidelines on writing programs that can be compiled with different compilers and run on multiple platforms. It points out changes introduced with ANSI C. It is useful if you port code from one platform to another or from an old (pre-ANSI) version of Zortech to Digital Mars C++.

Portable C Software, Mark R. Horton (Prentice Hall)
About writing portable C programs, but emphasizes porting among C compilers for UNIX and MS-DOS.

"Information Technology - Programming Languages - C++", ISO/IEC 14882-1998
This is the C++ international standard, also known as C++98.

Additional information and errata on Bjarne Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language".

Modification History and Errata List

Groundbreaking book on C++ template metaprogramming. Author's page

Programming GUIs with C++ and WxWidgets; Errata and Updates

C++ Templates: The Complete Guide, David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis (Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 2002)
Detailed tutorial and reference on C++ templates.
Author's page

Imperfect C++ : Practical Solutions for Real-Life Programming Matthew Wilson (Addison-Wesley Professional, October 22, 2004)
Practical techniques and tools for writing code that's more robust, flexible, efficient, and maintainable.
Author's page

Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition
by Bruce Eckel

Thinking in C++, Vol. 2: Practical Programming, Second Edition
Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison
Advanced techniques using the full power of C++.
Author's page

Object-Oriented Software Construction
Bertrand Meyer
Prentice Hall
Meyer's opus on the theory and practice of writing object-oriented software. It's especially useful for explaining the ideas of design by contract.

Effective C++ Cd : 85 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
by Scott Meyers
Addison-Wesley
Well-regarded book loaded with techniques on writing C++. Errata

C++ for C Programmers, Ira Pohl (Addison-Wesley)
Appropriate for experienced C programmers learning C++. It introduces the features that programmers can put into immediate practice in C++.

The C++ Primer, Stanley Lippman (Addison-Wesley)
A highly rated first book on C++. Here is the errata sheet for it.

The C++ Answer Book, Tony L. Hansen (Addison-Wesley)
Contains useful examples, questions, and answers.

Object-Oriented Programming using C++ (2nd Edition), Ira Pohl (Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1996)
Teaches both C++ and object-oriented programming techniques.

Joint Strike Fighter Air Vehicle C++ Coding Standards

The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference, Nicolai M. Josuttis (Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1999)
The best introduction to the subject. Author's page

Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library, Scott Meyers (Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 2001)
How to take advantage of the STL to write efficient and effective programs. Errata

Engineering a Compiler : Vax-II Code Generation and Optimization
An old book, but a classic one on pragmatic efforts to write an optimizing compiler.

Compilers : Principles, Techniques, and Tools
This is still the classic book on compiler writing.

Garbage Collection : Algorithms for Automatic Dynamic Memory Management
Everything you ever wanted to know about garbage collection collected into one tome.
Additional information and errata on the book.

Computer Approximations
John F. Hart et al, Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 0-88275-642-7
From the Introduction: "This handbook is intended to acquaint the user with methods for designing function subroutines (also called mathematical function routines), and in the case of the most commonly needed functions, to provide him with the necessary tables to do so efficiently."
Here's a review.

Software Manual for the Elementary Functions
William James Cody, Prentice Hall
Classic cookbook for implementing transcendental functions. It's of less relevance these days since it's done in hardware, but it's still good if what you need isn't in hardware, or if you really are interested in how it works.

IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic
ANSI/IEEE Std 754-1985
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA

"Floating Point C Extensions", NCEG 91-015

8087/80287/80387 For the IBM PC and Compatibles : Applications and Programming With Intel's Math Coprocessors Richard Startz, Brady Books, ISBN 0-13-246604-X
Excellent explanation of how to use the math coprocessors to maximum advantage.

Prof. William Kahan's home page
An invaluable resource for writing correct floating point code.

Numerical Recipes in C, William Press, Brian Flannery, Saul Teukolsky, and William Vetterling (Cambridge University Press)
A detailed technical description of numerical methods with implementation examples in C.

Advanced Windows
Jeffrey Richter
Microsoft Press
Richter's classic book on system programming for Win32.

Inside OLE
Kraig Brockschmidt
Microsoft Press
Writing COM programs.

Mastering the Mfc for Windows 95 Using Symantec C++
by Richard O. Parker
International Thomson Publishing; ISBN: 1850328501

Windows Undocumented File Formats; Working Inside 16- and 32- bit Windows
by Pete Davis, Mike Wallace
CMP Books; ISBN: 0879304375

Programming Windows 3.1, Third Edition
Charles Petzold
Microsoft Press
ISBN 1-55615-395-3

Advanced Windows Programming, Martin Heller (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992)
Builds on Petzold's Programming Windows 3.1.

Windows++, Writing Reusable Windows Code in C++, Paul DiLascia (Addison-Wesley, 1992)
Discusses a lightweight application framework for Windows using C++ that the author developed for his own applications. This book also provides insight into using C++ to improve Windows programming productivity.

Undocumented Windows
Andrew Schulman
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 0-201-60834-0

Writing Windows Device Drivers
Daniel A. Norton
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 0-201-57795-X


Windows Programmer's Guide to DLLs and Memory Management, Mike Klein (SAMS, A division of Prentice Hall Computer Publishing)
In-depth coverage of designing and building DLLs and how memory is managed in the Windows 3.1 environment.

ZEN of Graphics Programming
Michael Abrash
Coriolis Group Books
ISBN 1-883577-08-X

ZEN of Code Optimization
Michael Abrash
Coriolis Group Books
ISBN 1-883577-03-9

"Pentium Processor User's Manual, Volume 3: Architecture and Programming Manual"
Intel Literature Sales
PO Box 7641
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-7641
1-800-548-4725

"Understanding and Using COFF"
The COFF file format, used for .obj files under unix and NT operating systems.

"CV4 Symbolic Debug Information Specification"
Languages Business Unit, Microsoft

"Microsoft Object Mapping Specification"
Languages Business Unit, Microsoft

"The Microsoft Object Module Format (OMF)"
Languages Utilities Group, Microsoft

Python Essential Reference (Second Edition), by David M. Beazley

Programming Perl (3rd Edition), by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant

The Annotated C++ Reference Manual (ARM)
Margaret A. Ellis, Bjarne Stroustrup
Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201514591
Additional information.

Applying Zortech C++, Scott Robert Ladd

Programming in Zortech C++-With Version 2, John M. Hughes


C++ IOStreams Handbook, Steve Teale (Addison-Wesley)
A comprehensive, detailed explanation of the standard input and output library used in C++. Slightly dated, but still highly regarded for those who really want to understand iostreams.