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

[Benno <benjl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed Dec 24, 2003 at 13:27:39 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
>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

Choice quotes:

"""
The very fact that the Unix world is so full of self-righteous
cultural superiority, "advocacy," and slashdot-karma-whoring
sectarianism while the Windows world is more practical ("yeah,
whatever, I just need to make a living here") stems from a culture
that feels itself under siege, unable to break out of the server
closet and hobbyist market and onto the mainstream desktop.
"""