From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 7 20:33:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 C17A716A41F for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 20:33:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nb_root@videotron.ca) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6182943D48 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 20:33:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nb_root@videotron.ca) Received: from clk01a ([66.130.198.54]) by VL-MO-MR003.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0ISQ00GGQP30FN80@VL-MO-MR003.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:33:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:32:52 -0500 From: Nicolas Blais In-reply-to: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200601071532.58146.nb_root@videotron.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary=nextPart2146369.s30VXWpzzM; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <200601021656.33323.nb_root@videotron.ca> <20060103155314.11865.qmail@web33315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 Cc: JD Arnold Subject: Re: Programming Book(s) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:33:04 -0000 --nextPart2146369.s30VXWpzzM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On January 7, 2006 03:25 pm, JD Arnold wrote: > Danial Thom wrote: > > --- Nicolas Blais wrote: > >> On January 2, 2006 04:52 pm, Sean wrote: > >>> Sean wrote: > >>>> Looking for recommendations on any Unix > >> > >> programming books. > >> > >>>> I have been out of things for a while so I > >> > >> would put my skill level back > >> > >>>> to the beginning. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> Sean > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>> > >>> I forgot to mention that I wish to work with > >> > >> C/C++ > >> > >>> Thanks again, > >>> Sean > >> > >> There's a free C++ book which is great : > > > > http://mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html > > > >> You can also buy the hardcopy on Amazon. > >> > >> Nicolas > > > > I'd recommend learning C before C++. In order to > > be an effective unix programmer you must master > > the C language, as you'll have to examine and > > modify code in C to do anything substantial. > > Virtually all major programs and kernels are 'C' > > based. > > I think, in general, this is wrong. And I think many "professionals" > also feel that learning C++ is the way to go. If you just learning, > you might as well start with C++. For many good reasons, see > Stroustrup's answer himself: > > http://public.research.att.com/~bs/learn.html I agree, that's how I started anyhow. =20 Having done my CS degree couple years ago, I remember my Professor saying:= =20 Loose the pointers and start referencing! :) Nicolas. =2D-=20 =46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #9: Sat Dec 31 14:24:32 EST 2005 =20 nicblais@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20 PGP? (updated 16 Nov 05) : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc --nextPart2146369.s30VXWpzzM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDwCV64wTBlvcsbJURAsF5AJ91f4+mcFYAMnsk28xI5C5pD3DHQQCeOBmk apc5utAk/g9SyUYEwSIZsZc= =jbo7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2146369.s30VXWpzzM--