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From: "Humprey C. Sy" <humprey@linux1.dlsu.edu.ph>
To: Frank <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
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On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Frank wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good book to get a beginning UNIX programmer 
> started? I have a little experience with BASIC and Clipper for DOS 
> applications, but I have totally abandoned DOS for FreeBSD :-)

Try to look for

"Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment" and
"UNIX Network Programming"

by W. Richard Stevens.  They're great.  The language used is C.

- Humprey -