A text designed for a one-semester course for those with some prior programming experience. Covers the essential features of C and UNIX and how to combine them to write efficient programs. Emphasizes software design in sections on program design, syntax and control, input/output, data structure design and management, and advanced features of both languages; and includes chapter summaries, review problems, and programming problems. Appendices summarize C and UNIX commands and vi commands. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)