From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 09:36:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B254316A4CF for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:36:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 347FC43D2D for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:36:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id ECA8911E89F; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:36:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:36:00 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040114173600.GB12257@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1074015147.191.2.camel@fbtab.h3p.co.za> <200401140414.i0E4Eval059290@fw.farid-hajji.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401140414.i0E4Eval059290@fw.farid-hajji.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: learning source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:36:02 -0000 On Wed, Jan 14, 2004, Cordula's Web wrote: >> i have studied C++ and am currently going through C. >> i have been programming small programs in a windows environment. >> i want to start understanding source and help program for bsd and open >> source. >> where can i start, im totally new and i want to know how things work. >> i need advice > >"Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment" >by W. Richard Stevens (Addison-Wesley) may be >very useful, if you know enough C and would >like to interface to any Unix-like operating >system (including FreeBSD). Another oldie but goodie is Kernighan and Pike's ``Unix Programming Environment'' -- ISBN 0-13-937699-2, 0-13-937681-X (pbk). Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. -- The Best of Will Rogers