Okay, NetZero is a bad deal. But here's a free offer that's
legit.
Eric Raymond's most recent book, The Art of Unix Programming,
is available on the web, under a Creative Commons license.
Here is the URL.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/
If you want something you can carry on your bike, you can also get
it in dead trees form from Addison-Wesley.
I haven't read it yet, but several people whose opinions I respect
have recommended it highly. Here's the beginning of the Preface.
> Who Should Read This Book
>
> You should read this book if you are an experienced Unix programmer
> who is often in the position of either educating novice programmers
> or debating partisans of other operating systems, and you find it
> hard to articulate the benefits of the Unix approach.
>
> You should read this book if you are a C, C++, or Java programmer with
> experience on other operating systems and you are about to start a
> Unix-based project.
>
> You should read this book if you are a Unix user with novice-level up
> to middle-level skills in the operating system, but little
> development experience, and want to learn how to design software
> effectively under Unix.
>
> You should read this book if you are a non-Unix programmer who has
> figured out that the Unix tradition might have something to teach
> you. We believe you're right, and that the Unix philosophy can be
> exported to other operating systems. So we will pay more attention
> to non-Unix environments (especially Microsoft operating systems)
> than is usual in a Unix book; and when tools and case studies are
> portable, we say so.
>
> You should read this book if you are an application architect
> considering platforms or implementation strategies for a major
> general-market or vertical application. It will help you understand
> the strengths of Unix as a development platform, and of the Unix
> tradition of open source as a development method.
>
> You should not read this book if what you are looking for is the
> details of C coding or how to use the Unix kernel API. There are
> many good books on these topics; Advanced Programming in the Unix
> Environment [Stevens92] is classic among explorations of the Unix
> API, and The Practice of Programming [Kernighan-Pike99] is
> recommended reading for all C programmers (indeed for all
> programmers in any language).
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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