New book: "The Linux Programming Interface"
New book: "The Linux Programming Interface"
Linux man-page maintainer Michael Kerrisk's magnum opus The Linux Programming Interface is now available from No Starch Press. The 1500-page book covers Linux system calls and library APIs for system programming, with multiple example programs and diagrams. "It can be difficult and time-consuming to learn how to develop system programs for Linux. It's not
unusual for programmers to scour several manuals--or hundreds of web pages--before finding the
information they need. According to Michael Kerrisk, ''The Linux Programming Interface' is the book
I wanted when I first switched from UNIX to predominantly working in Linux more than a decade ago.'
He added that it is '...a broad and deep system programming book that covers Linux-specific details
while also clearly delineating standard features available on all UNIX systems. Long before I
completed writing this book, it had already become my own primary system programming reference.'
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