[chat] Re: [SLUG] Programming Book, for Open Source.

[Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This one time, at band camp, Ken Foskey wrote:
>On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 00:56, stuartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > Which lang' is used most in open source Linux application projects, is it C 
>> > or C++?
>> 
>> > And can anyone suggest a book? I'm hoping there might be one that is aimed 
>> > at working with OS projects, rather than just a book on how to cut code.
>
>I am surprised that no-one has recommended the art of Unix programming
>by ESR:

>It outlines quite a few ideas sprinkled with a bit too much evangelism. 

probably because of that.  The parts that I read were nice and
patronising, ideal teaching material.

Joel on Software had an interesting review of that book:

 http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Biculturalism.html

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