作者簡介 ：

Richard Reese

華盛頓州塔爾頓州立大學副教授。Reese自2002年起就在塔爾頓州立大學教授計算機科學課程，此前在洛剋希德•馬丁公司做過十年的軟件開發。Reese著有多本技術圖書，包括Oracle Certified Associate，Java SE 7 Programmer Study Guide，Java 7 New Features Cookbook，EJB 3.1 CookBook等。

譯者簡介：

陳曉亮

美團網iOS工程師，長期關注Linux、iOS、C、Objective-C，推崇C語言，認為程序員的C功底會直接影響Objective-C代碼質量。他重視用戶體驗，喜歡乾淨的代碼，業餘時間喜歡讀書，經常與大傢探討技術問題，譯有《iOS6編程實戰》。

Improve your programming through a solid understanding of C pointers and memory management. With this practical book, you'll learn how pointers provide the mechanism to dynamically manipulate memory, enhance support for data structures, and enable access to hardware. Author Richard Reese shows you how to use pointers with arrays, strings, structures, and functions, using memory models throughout the book. Difficult to master, pointers provide C with much flexibility and power - yet few resources are dedicated to this data type. This comprehensive book has the information you need, whether you're a beginner or an experienced C or C++ programmer or developer. Get an introduction to pointers, including the declaration of different pointer types Learn about dynamic memory allocation, de-allocation, and alternative memory management techniques Use techniques for passing or returning data to and from functions Understand the fundamental aspects of arrays as they relate to pointers Explore the basics of strings and how pointers are used to support them Examine why pointers can be the source of security problems, such as buffer overflow Learn several pointer techniques, such as the use of opaque pointers, bounded pointers and, the restrict keyword