Advanced Linux Programming

Rating:
Summary: Good beginer's book that gets deep enough
Review: Very good book for those new to Linux programming as well as a refresher for those who have been away from Unix/Linux (like me) for a while. I found the sections on networking and TCP/IP very well organized and easy to understand. The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the coding style (formatting) the examples is kind of strange. I actually had to page through a style guide to get back to a decent coding style after finishing this book.

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Summary: I was one of the technical editors on this book
Review: Working on this book was a privilege and a joy. As opposed to the money-minded "doorstop"/quantity-over-quality format that most computer/programming books fall into, this text is relatively lean and mean. The examples are beautiful in many ways: as pure code, as examples of how to comment code clearly and completely, and as examples of how to teach concepts. In each and every case the authors provided one of the better clarifications of a programming concept I have ever encountered. If you have tinkered with programming in a GNU/Linux environment, are reasonably comfortable with C code ("reasonably" is relative since this code is so well-commented) and are looking to take your knowledge to the next level, I cannot recommend this book too highly. I believe it is destined to become a classic!