Review: The Linux Programming Interface [LWN.net]

Review: The Linux Programming Interface

Posted Jan 20, 2011 7:16 UTC (Thu) by alison (subscriber, #63752)
Parent article: Review: The Linux Programming Interface

LWN needs a "buy now" button so that we can help support the site with book purchases.

It's worth mentioning Matthew and Stones' _Beginning Linux Programming_ while on this topic. That book is a few years older and obviously less encyclopedic but nonetheless a wonderful and more portable reference. I particularly love that M&S include examples of bad code and bad practices in using the C API. I have learned the answers to several long-time puzzlements by typing in their examples and picking them apart. While I read the M&S book in order of my curiosity, I'm pretty sure I have now covered pretty much the whole multi-hundred page volume. As with any good bible, those so inclined can always while away 5 minutes by opening M&S to a random page.

Unfortunately it sounds like I need the Kerrisk book too: sigh.

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"Buy now"

Posted Jan 20, 2011 14:00 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (3 responses)

Almost exactly a year ago we were dipping our toes back into the affiliate scene so we could provide just such a button. Then this happened. I can only say that we were quite glad not to be dependent on that revenue stream...

"Buy now"

Posted Jan 20, 2011 15:14 UTC (Thu) by rriggs (guest, #11598) [Link]

Amazon ain't the only game in town...

"Buy now"

Posted Jan 20, 2011 16:32 UTC (Thu) by alison (subscriber, #63752) [Link] (1 responses)

"Buy now" from No Starch or O'Reilly or other FLOSS-friendly presses certainly seems safer. Why not ThinkGeek LWN t-shirts to support the site too? Or Flattr buttons, maybe? Easy for me to propose a whole list of improvements for other to implement, as always! I bought the Kerrisk book last night (and another at the same time) and am sorry LWN doesn't get a cent.

"Buy now"

Posted Jan 20, 2011 16:48 UTC (Thu) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

> Why not ThinkGeek LWN t-shirts to support the site too?

these we have (though not from ThinkGeek): http://www.cafepress.com/lwn_net

jake