This is a Masters in Physics course at Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

Several textbooks will be used during the course. The five books pictured above (click to enlarge) are among the recommended ones. A list of other C-programing language textbooks can be found on the internet. Syllabus is covered from two books, one is by Robert Sebesta and another is Deitel.

Details about these books can be found by clicking here.

The course contents are as follows:

1. Basic concepts of programming languages: Programming domains, language evaluation criterion and language categories. Describing Syntax and Semantics, formal methods of describing syntax, recursive descent parsing, attribute grammars, dynamic semantics. Names, Variables, Binding, Type checking, Scope and lifetime.

2. Data types, array types, record types, union types, set types and pointer types, arithmetic expressions, type conversions, relational and Boolean expressions, assignment statements, mixed mode assignment, statement level control structure, compound statements, selection statement, iterative statements, unconditional branching, guarded commands. Fundamentals of sub-program, design issues, parameter passing methods, overloaded subprograms, generic subprograms, separate and independent compilation, design issues for functions, accessing nonlocal environment, user defined overloaded operators, implementing subprograms, blocks, implementing dynamic scooping.

3. Programming in C: Character set, variables and constants, keywords, Instructions, assignment statements, arithmetic expression, comment statements, simple input and output, Boolean expressions, Relational operators, logical operators, control structures, decision control structure, loop control structure, case control structure, functions, subroutines, scope and lifetime of identifiers, parameter passing mechanism.

4. Arrays and strings, structures, array of structures, Unions of structures, operations on bits, usage of enumerated data types. Bit-fields, Pointers to Function, Function returning Pointers.