Re: [Pgubook-readers] Excellent book!

[roger]

What I meant by "only ~320 pages", I can sit down and read the book
within a week or so, rather then having to spend months read a book.

It is an excellent supplement to any C course for a linux programmer,
imo.  And I can see exactly why a University has used this book within
their classes.


On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 22:12, roger wrote:
> I've been studying C (and some Assembly) (for the longest time).  I've
> used Bash, Basic, COBOL, in my early years.
> 
> This book picks up where the C book(s) leave you completely hanging and
> wondering "Why???" with required syntax of source code.
> 
> A nice compliment to the book was the inclusion of how to use GDB, as
> well as the information packed appendixes!
> 
> The book also provides several links to additional data within the
> chapter readings.
> 
> I also started learning Randall's HLA, however, I'm a die hard linux
> user and wanted to learn assembly the GNU way! 
> 
> Another pro, the book is only ~320 pages (or ~200 pages without
> appendixes, etc).  However, packed with data and provides basically the
> stuff left out of other C books.  This book can also be geared to
> computers users just learning programming as well.  The first chapter
> starts off with just the basics and quickly goes deeper into Assembly.
> 
> I just have one question, even though I read your recommended reading
> list, which books would you recommend for those that want to jump into
> kernel development?
-- 

Roger
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