书名:学习使用C指针(影印版)
国内出版社:东南大学出版社
出版时间:2013年12月
页数:208
书号:978-7-5641-4603-0
原版书书名:Understanding and Using C Pointers
原版书出版商:O'Reilly Media
Richard Reese
华盛顿州塔尔顿州立大学副教授。reese自2002年起就在塔尔顿州立大学教授计算机科学课程,此前在洛克希德·马丁公司做过十年的软件开发。reese著有多本技术图书,包括oracle certified associate,java se 7 programmer study guide,java 7 new features cookbook,ejb 3.1 cookbook等。
Richard Reese has worked in the industry and academics for the past 29 years. For 10 years he provided software development support at Lockheed and at one point developed a C based network application. He was a contract instructor providing software training to industry for 5 years. Richard is currently an Associate Professor at Tarleton State University in Stephenville Texas.
The animal on the cover of Understanding and Using C Pointers is the piping crow-shrike,or Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen). Not to be confused with the piping crow found in Indonesia, the Australian magpie is not a crow at all; it is related to butcherbirds and is native to Australia and southern New Guinea. There were once three separate species of Australian magpie, but interbreeding has resulted in the coalescence of their three species into one.
Australian magpies have black heads and bodies with varied black and white plumage on their backs, wings, and tails. The Australian magpie is also called the piping crowshrike due to its multi-tonal, complex vocalizations. Like true crows, the Australian magpie is omnivorous, though it prefers to eat insect larvae and other invertebrates. It lives in groups of up to two dozen, and all members generally defend the group territory.
During springtime, however, some breeding males will become defensive of their nests and will engage in swooping attacks on passersby, including human and their pets.
This magpie is a non-migratory bird and has adapted to human environments, as well as to a mix of forested and open areas. For that reason, it is not endangered, and although it is considered a pest species in neighboring New Zealand, the magpie may be very useful in Australia for keeping the invasive cane toad in check. When introduced to Australia, the cane toad had no natural predators, and its toxic secretions ensured the multiplication of its numbers. However, the highly intelligent magpie has learned to flip over the cane toad, pierce its underbelly, and use its long beak to eat the toad’s organs, thus bypassing the poisonous skin. Researchers are hopeful that the Australian magpiewill become a natural predator of the cane toad and aid in population control.