On Sun, 6 May 2001, Oded Arbel wrote:
> I don't know of any other really good Linux programming books out there,
> but if you need something to read to get you started with API programming
> in Linux, or want a backup sitting on your desktop - I can recommend it.
this book sohuld be used not necessarily to _learn_ the API. it should be
used when you want to make sure your code is portable to other unices, and
that you've covered all cases. it covers things that man pages miss or
don't explain clearly, and more then once i've used it to make sure a
piece of code is written properly. there are various cases where you write
code and it looks like it works, and then you start hitting bugs that
cannot be reproduced, and after checking with steven's various books, you
find you did something wrong, you fix it - and see those non-reproduceable
bugs go away.
and in those cases, you only need to read 2-3 pages from the book, so you
(hopefully) don't manage to get bored yet.
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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