> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 02:37:58AM -0400, Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe wrote: >Hi all, > >Good books and papers come up frequently in [dev] threads, many >of which must be new to some readers. Would there be any value in >adding a 'Books' section to suckless.org/rocks for less-sucking >programming reading material? > >My lazy searching for decent lists of programming books has turned >up only horrors; if people mention books like The Unix Programming >Environment at all, it is for historical interest. A short list of >well-written books following the philosophy of simplicity would be >a great antidote to current fashion.
C on Freenode IRC seems to maintain a good listing of free and commercial books. http://www.iso-9899.info/ http://www.iso-9899.info/wiki/Books I know what you mean concerning book quality. I have three or four free and commercial Git books, all of which contain obviously bad grammar, and poor writing skills. (ie. What's a proofreader? How many times do I have to repeatedly read a sentence, before I understand what the author is saying?) I like having to read only one de-facto book, versus having to read all three or four books at once in order to grasp a subject. Manual pages are good typically only for referencing or acquiring an initial understanding, or a working knowledge. -- Roger http://rogerx.freeshell.org/
