From: Andy Kosela <akosela@andykosela.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Remember the ed thread?
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:01:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALMnNGiA15VAmPsCmXBgfysBYR4n2EkECp=6zC4nP-O5f=mjrA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2MmaPP-VOJj-7DGEi+CkUMFyUcfoJqVGgwicdYhCwD0Kw@mail.gmail.com>
On 3/29/21, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
> Anders -- good for you.
>
> That said, as one of those 'grey beards,' can I recommend that you stop,
> and go to a technical library or bookstore and find yourself a copy of Rob
> and Brian's wonderful book: "*The Unix Programming Environment*" (*a.k.a*
> "UPE" or ISBN 0-13-937699-2) *then do the exercises*. That book is still
> relevant today - a little secret, I give a copy of it and "*Advanced
> Programming in the Unix Environment*" (*a.k.a.* "APUE") to all my new
> engineers - even though they are all using 'Linux' for their work. To
> those that object at first, I remind them, Linux is just the current and
> most popular implementation of the ideas from Ken, Dennis, Doug, and
> friends and I'm sure they will learn something from the time invested[1].
+1. It is still my all time favorite Unix book, but the best ed(1)
tutorial I read has to be UNIX Programmer's Manual for Version 7.
Still highly recommended.
--Andy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-29 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-29 14:34 Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 15:09 ` Anders Damsgaard
2021-03-29 15:26 ` Brantley Coile
2021-03-29 15:36 ` Mark van Atten
2021-03-29 15:43 ` Brantley Coile
2021-03-29 15:52 ` Mark van Atten
2021-03-29 15:45 ` Andy Kosela
2021-03-29 15:51 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-29 17:22 ` arnold
[not found] ` <CALMnNGgWrFRjXk5N4PgTj0_Yw3W5nCR2=CYSASM6dnqTooy8Dw@mail.gmail.com>
2021-03-30 8:53 ` arnold
2021-03-29 15:37 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-29 15:42 ` Anders Damsgaard
2021-03-29 15:49 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 16:01 ` Andy Kosela [this message]
2021-03-29 18:12 ` Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via TUHS
2021-03-29 16:20 ` Steve Nickolas
2021-03-29 19:50 ` Rob Pike
2021-03-29 20:50 ` Michael Usher via TUHS
2021-03-29 20:55 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 21:10 ` Erik E. Fair
2021-03-29 21:14 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 21:53 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-29 22:29 ` John P. Linderman
2021-03-30 4:30 ` Rob Pike
2021-03-30 7:37 ` Harald Arnesen
2021-03-30 15:00 ` Kenneth Goodwin
2021-03-29 15:58 Norman Wilson
2021-03-30 0:11 ` John Cowan
2021-03-29 23:21 M Douglas McIlroy
2021-03-30 3:39 ` Rich Morin
[not found] <CAKH6PiXmR6Jv0bkyOtHuk1ZLV64aeW7bnQkUnzV9-G_JaUVDAA@mail.gmail.com>
2021-03-30 23:38 ` John Cowan
2021-03-31 2:34 ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-31 0:54 Norman Wilson
2021-03-31 1:29 ` John Cowan
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