Chapter 3. Memory and Pointers: Advanced C

You technically know enough C now to start writing Objective-C code, but I’ve seen a lot of brand-new Cocoa programmers quickly get in over their heads because they were missing key C concepts. So to help you avoid that phase, I’m introducing you to a few hand-picked advanced C techniques. Nothing is in this chapter by accident. If it’s here, I’m confident you will need it.

This is not a complete course in C. These are just the parts that are likely to help you in day-to-day Cocoa programming. You’re probably eager to jump right into Cocoa, so I’ve done everything I can to condense the fundamentals of C into two chapters instead of an entire book. If you’re already an expert C programmer, though, you can safely move on to the next chapter.