On Tue, 10 May 2011 22:17:52 +0300 hatem gamal elzanaty <[email protected]> wrote:
> i'm just subscribed to plug.org and i need documentation help in > learning c programming on linux specially if possible centos 5 if > possible to tell me if theres is a well documented material to use in > that purpose and how much does it cost in dollar (us $) and / or if > there is a book or so that is good for me as a beginner to write a > code that is suiting intel compatible x86 family I don't know how familiar you are with either C or Linux, so I may tell you things you already know. Also, you didn't say what your application is, and that will affect some of the advice on offer here. I would start with the Linux Documentation Project. Some of their material is old, but may still be useful. http://tldp.org/ Centos 5 is Red Hat Linux 5 without the customer support, so any Red Hat 5 documentation should serve you well. See what you can find on Red Hat's web site, and on the Centos web site. Linux aspires to be POSIX compliant, so POSIX documentation should be useful as well. Unless you need to get very close to the hardware, I suggest you not worry about Intel processor compatibility. Good programming emphasizes portability and maintainability over processor specific features. The only exception to this would be very close to the hardware and in embedded applications. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
