Re: how to learn kernel programming
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
13 Apr 1998 12:29:55 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.199804111519.IAA16821@canopus.starshine.org>,
Jim Dennis <jimd@starshine.org> wrote:
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>>>> much, I am more of a book learner.
>>> Böhme et.al, Linux Kernel Programming, Addison Wesley 1998 (3rd(?) edition)
> ....
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>> Beware, however, that any book is going to be fairly out of date in a number
>> of areas. Be prepared to refer to the source at frequent intervals.
>> I usually tell people that their first port of call should be the source
>> code, then myself, then this list.
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> What would it take to employ literate programming techniques
> (CWEB?) to the Linux source tree?
I'd guess bringing everything to a screaming halt as everyone is
trained in WEB, and then you'd have obsolete documentation embedded
around the code rather than in separate files.
Literate programming is an interesting idea, but I'm unsure of its
applicability in the real world.
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david parsons \bi/ But it would make the fad in `object oriented' code
\/ seem very readable.
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