Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 00:15:32 -0300 From: Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br> To: Martin Gignac <mgignac@cinar.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOS C programming VS UNIX C programming question... Message-ID: <393DBE54.BC67BC4E@tdnet.com.br> References: <000e01bfd029$9e557360$d90110ac@martingignac>
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Martin Gignac wrote: > > Hi, > > I've looked in the archives for an answer to my question and couldn't find > anything that seemed to fit the bill, so here goes: > > What good books out there teach the C programming language from a UNIX > development environment point of view? > > I've just begun learning C using a book which was probably destined for DOS > and Windows development system users because many of the included source > files simply didn't compile properly, even after some minor tweaking (lots > of undefined references). For exmaple, basically anything with "include > <math.h>" using advanced math functions didn't work. I had to search > the -questions archives to find a message stating that I had to include the > '-lm' switch while invoking cc to link the math library (no sign of any of > this in the DOS/Windows book). Turned out that did the trick, but at the > same time made be realize there might be fundamental differences between > UNIX and DOS/Windows C source files and the way the compilers handle stuff > on both ends. > > So, I'm looking for sources of information that will teach me C programming > specifically for the UNIX environment, using the standard UNIX tools (gcc, > make, etc.) and the 'standard' UNIX way of using pre-built functions > (whatever that may be). Does the K&R book "The C Programming Language" every > one seems to talk about fit the bill? Would "Practical C programming, 3rd > Edition" and "Programming with GNU Software" from O'Reilly also be > appropriate? Any other suggestions? C programming does not mean UNIX Programming. "The C Programming Language, by K&R": a MUST have for anyone who wish to learn C. The book on UNIX Programming is: "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment" Oh Yeah! Good programmer knows about logic, try this one: "An Introdution to Formal Specification and Z" I hope these helps. PS: remenber: man and info are your friends: man make, info make, info gcc, etc..... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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