Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 01:44:54 +0200 | From | "M.Brands" <> | Subject | Re: advanced unix programming |
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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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