CS 2213/2211
Advanced Programming
Textbooks, Spring 2005

Efficient C Programming
  • Efficient C Programmming: A Practical Approach, by Mark Allen Weiss. Textbook Binding: 529 pages. Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (December 7, 1994). ISBN: 013362658X. (This book is "not recommended for beginning programmers", but "as a second programming book". Note: The latest edition is printed with fuzzy type and on thicker paper, so you really should buy a used copy.)
  • Resource page for text.
  • All source programs from text.
  • Buying the text:
    • There is a discount from a list price of $65.00 to $59.85 at Barnes & Noble (online).
    • Available used on amazon.com from $24.91, and elsewhere.
    • The "UTSA" (also a Barnes and Noble) Bookstore has its pricing policy: "We will not be oversold: If you can find it at a higher price, we'll raise our price also." They have it for sale new: $67.00 (greater than list price, and plus sales tax -- your most expensive option on the planet!), and used: $50.25.

 
A Practical Guide to Linux by Mark G. Sobell
  • A Practical Guide to Linux by Mark G. Sobell. Paperback: 1072 pages. Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (June 25, 1997). ISBN: 0201895498. List price: $49.99. (Good reviews, but 7 years old. Don't buy new.)
  • Resource page for text.
  • Code from text.
  • Buying the text:
    • Available used on amazon.com from $22.00 and elsewhere.
    • The "UTSA" (also a Barnes and Noble) Bookstore has its pricing policy: "We will not be oversold: If you can find it at a higher price, we'll raise our price also." They have it for sale new: $50.00 ($.01 over list price, and plus sales tax -- again your most expensive option), and used $37.50.