From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 7 14:23:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from echoriath.hiddenrock.com (24-130-184-154.san.rr.com [24.130.184.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B0E837B479 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:23:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 24001 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Nov 2000 22:25:34 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 22:25:34 -0000 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:25:34 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Johnson To: Shanon Fernald Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommendation of FreeBSD Programming Book Requested In-Reply-To: <454E2EA86391D21191830008C75D2EDC58F593@exchange-corp.platsoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I find that the best way to go about learning programming is to find a project and just start working on it. You're obviously going to run into problems (who doesn't?) but it's a lot easier to get help for a specific problem than just asking "teach me how to program in unix." I find that Kernighan & Ritchie's "The C Programming Language" is an invaluable reference asset, but beyond that, I tend to use online references (many of which are quite good). Additionally, forums like usenet and irc allow you to put the knowledge of others at your fingertips. Have fun. Pete On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Shanon Fernald wrote: > Hi, I'm currently a win32 programmer looking to delve into the world of > freebsd. > > I'm looking for any recommendations for top notch books that will teach unix > programming, specificially with an eye towards freebsd. I'm finding it > difficult to just jump into the source and go. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message