Description:
The Be operating system (BeOS) is a groundbreaking operation system from Be, Inc., a company founded by former Apple Computer guru Jean-Louis Gassée. Designed from the ground up to leverage the power of today's processors and hardware, the BeOS will be released for both PowerPC and Intel systems. With features such as preemptive multithreading, a 64-bit file system, and dual-processor optimization, the BeOS is a powerful platform for video, audio, and graphics production. The Be Developer's Guide is the official guide to writing software for this revolutionary platform. The book gives you complete access to the internals of the BeOS and provides coverage of the file system, graphical user interface (GUI) design, application development, and the kernel itself. Because this is a hard-core developer's guide, not an end-user manual, The Be Developer's Guide contains descriptions of most of the C++ classes and functions you'll need to develop for the BeOS. A second volume, Be Advanced Topics covers multimedia and game development, networking, and device drivers. While the short intervals between release versions of Be guarantee that some of the material here will be out of date, this is nonetheless an excellent reference guide to keep close at hand. The manual includes a complete listing of online resources and the CD-ROM contains a recent version of the entire BeOS.
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