This tutorial and reference makes sense of the 8,000+ pages of documentation for Microsoft C/C++ 7. There is a heavy emphasis on Windows applications programming not generally available in other books. The pedantic writing style and prosaic approach make the material somewhat difficult to wade through. A background in a structured language is helpful but not required. Appendices cover ASCII, printf() and scanf(), exec() and spawn(), listing for the quad Class, FCWIN resources. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.