On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 05:24:24PM -0600, Chris Bennett wrote: > The booklist on the OpenBSD site is very good. > I was concerned that a few items were "old", but that is just not relevant. > > An excellent grasp of C is going to be necessary. > It takes a long time to get "good" at programming. > I have seen the phrase "For good code examples, just look at OpenBSD > source" many times. > > But that advice is a bit vague, sort of like "For a good book to > read, go to the library". > Since I am trying to pick up C myself, I decided that using a > "historical approach" might be best for me. So I am going to > concentrate on studying basic and old but still very useful > utilities such as sed, ed etc.
Honestly, if you want to start seeing how to use C to do basic things, and understand what's under the hood of those utilities, I suggest beginning in the C library (src/lib/libc/). And Stevens is teh sexx. > > You will need to study in detail work that has already been done. > > I doubt that you will find many good books on reverse engineering, > but you ought to be able to find the people who could but haven't > written those books > > > > -- > A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, > butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance > accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, > give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new > problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight > efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. > -- Robert Heinlein
