Re: advanced unix programming
M.Brands (shrike@il.fontys.nl)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 01:44:54 +0200
On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 05:45:19PM +0200, Andi Kleen allegedly wrote:
> > > Borrow a copy of Stevens advanced unix programming and look at file handle
> > > passing. Basically you can pass a file handle from one process to another
> > > over a socket. Its an interesting and sadly underused unix feature.
> >
> > Even sadder, there are many unix features which are underused and/or
> > abused. My personal peeves include infrequent use of mmap() and over
> > use of threads instead of processes.
> >
> > Stevens does an admirable job of documenting advanced programming in
> > unix, but his book reads like a reference. It's a poor book to learn
> > how to exploit the unix feature set.
>
> It is also a poor book to learn advanced Linux Programming, but a good
> reference for lowest common subset real[1] Unix programming with strong
> BSD bias.
Any suggestions for a better one?
Mathijs
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