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From: j...@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring)
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Subject: Re: book for system programming confusion
Date: 3 Jul 2009 22:15:22 GMT
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saurabh <saur...@saurabh.org> wrote:
> I am a C programmer with more than 3 years experience on Linux platform.
> I am looking for a good book that can explain the internals of Unix from
> a programmer's point of view.
> I searched and inquired , and finally zeroed on following 2 books 

> 1.Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, Second Edition (Addison-
> Wesley Professional Computing Series) by Richard Stevens
> Link:
> http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Environment-Addison-Wesley-Professional-
> Computing/dp/0321525949/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246652000&sr=1-1

> 2.Advanced Unix Programming
> Link:
> http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Programming-Addison-Wesley-Professional-
> Computing/dp/0131411543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246652342&sr=1-1

> I am confused , which one should I buy?

They're both new edition of "classics". I got the first edition
of APUE and the new one of AUP. Both are good. My personal favo-
rite is Stevens' book, but then I bought APUE a long time before
AUP and learned a lot from it. APUE seems to have a slightly hig-
her information density (which you might consider an advantage or
disadvantage). The best advice probably is to go (if possible) to
a bookshop that has both in stock and try to read a bit in them
and pick the one you enjoy more (or both if you can't come to a
conclusion and you have the money;-)

                               Regards, Jens
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