Unix Network Programming

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Summary: Astonishing and Readable! Simply let knowledge flow in you!
Review: Okay, this is the story. I have not bought this book, but got it from a university library, for a short term of a week. It is an amazing book, Richards simply is a magician, when ever it comes to displaying and explaining data. There are 2 kind of books, one that you read 50 pages of, and start randomly select pages to read out of it, and one that you read fully, continuesly, and never noticed you have spent a whole day reading it. Richards casts a spell on you with his books, they are magically clear, and vastly informative so that you will surely understand with every meaning of that word!. This is the second kind of a book! A MUST on every shelf, unfortunatly i am still desperately looking for this book!. For the "data" in it: Robust explanation of UNIX, Richards goes from the OS view and dives deeply into the internals, providing vast and clear explanations for _everything_. Throw all other books away, this is THE book.

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Summary: A Must have for Unix network programmers
Review: This book is a must have for any one starting to do Unix network programming. It is also a good reference for the Unix programmer doing network programming. Expect to find complete discussions and examples of Unix code for Sockets, RPC. Inter-process communications (IPC) are discussed in detail. Coding at the transport layer, both Sockets and TLI are discussed with an emphesis towards Sockets. Expect to find a complete discussion on network devices as well, pseudo-tty devices and applications that use them (rlogin, telnet, etc...)

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Summary: A Must have for Unix network programmers
Review: This book is a must have for any one starting to do Unixnetwork programming. It is also a good reference forthe Unix programmer doing network programming. Expect to find complete discussions and examples of Unix code for Sockets, RPC. Inter-process communications (IPC) are discussed in detail. Coding at the transport layer, both Sockets and TLI are discussed with an emphesis towards Sockets. Expect to find a complete discussion on network devices as well, pseudo-tty devices and applications that use them (rlogin, telnet, etc...)

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Summary: Get the more recent edition
Review: This book is a must read if you are going to program using TCP/IP Sockets or XTI. But, get the Second Edition, published in late 1997.

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Summary: Readable, well-indexed and complete
Review: This is undoubtedly one of the finest computer books I have ever owned. It is readable enough to use as a textbook, but well-indexed and complete enough to use as a reference. I bought my copy in 1991, and it is almost falling apart. Colleagues are constantly borrowing it, and they usually go out and get their own copy (after I tell them that they may NOT take it home). When Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment came out, a co-worker and I both decided that we would, on faith, "plunk down the 50+ bucks to own it, too". It has also proven to be readable and useful. I took a week-long class in network programming shortly after I bought the Unix Network Programming book, and I took it along, thinking I might need it. The instructor saw the book, picked it up and said "This is THE definitive reference on network programming in Unix. Any problem I have had, I have been able to find a solution in this book!" (All of this was before Steven's series of 3 volumes came out). Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go arm-wrestle one of our student interns for my copy of Unix Network Programming...

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Summary: Best book for learning UNIX IPC
Review: With very little effort, one can learn the techniques and tricks to programming Sockets and other forms of IPC. Using this book alone, I was able to learn and implement socket based applications. Richard Stevens's writing is well thought out and full of examples.