-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, [EMAIL PROTECTED] hath spake thusly: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Hi all, > > I'm thinking about getting W. Richard Stevens book "Unix Network > Programming". Not for any particular reason other than I know he's a > great author, and from I've heard, all his books are fantastic.
Yup. > What I was wondering though, is this book more a reference book, or a > tutorial book? It's a lot of both. There's quite a bit of reference material, but there's also a lot of sample code. > I've got his "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment" book, > but found that to be more of a reference than anything else. Well, to me a reference is sorta like the description + synopsis sections of the man pages. They tell you what it does and what the syntax is, but don't really talk about how to use it. APITUE does also have a lot of this, but it gives a fair amount of example code and often quite lengthy discussions about some topics. Unix Network Programming does also give a lot of reference-type material, but it gives more example code than APITUE. There are whole programs, including complete implementations of some common network programs, and (IIRC) an implementation of lpd. However, the original Unix Network Programming is really old and outdated. There's a newer, two-volume set which supersedes it. You want volume two of that set. :) IIRC, volume one is basically how to implement the protocols. Also probably a good read, but I haven't really looked at it. > What are his other books like? Any recommendations on good books to > get? (I haven't bought any good books lately, and am itching to go to > SoftPro since I now work less than 5 minutes away :) If all you want to do is learn socket programming, you might want to look at _Linux Socket Programming by Example_. It has pretty up-to-date information and gives lots and lots of example code. I found it a pretty good read (for a programming guide) and not too tough to follow. However, IMO Stevens does a much more in-depth job of explaining how things work, and I think the author of this book in places shows where he has gaps in his knowledge. - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - --------------------------------------------- I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8yD4VdjdlQoHP510RAjPGAJ0YYwVuFHB9/fwAwVBZ4fH8EafIZwCeLJkX 1ij1EbtkaP+5yEKAJFtD8h8= =uIEg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
