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From: Bill Cunningham on 20 Apr 2010 09:51 I received the book I ordered and was very disappointed. The book said copyright 89 and 90 and had one chapter on TCP/IP. I don't even know if the web was around in '89. The C is a very strange syntax pre-ANSI I would say: main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; Bill
From: Vivien MOREAU on 20 Apr 2010 15:08 On 2010-04-20, Bill Cunningham wrote: > I received the book I ordered and was very disappointed. The book said > copyright 89 and 90 and had one chapter on TCP/IP. I don't even know if the > web was around in '89. The C is a very strange syntax pre-ANSI I would say: > > main(argc, argv) > int argc; > char *argv[]; This is not a "very strange syntax", this is K&R C. -- Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity --Dennis M. Ritchie
From: Doug McIntyre on 20 Apr 2010 15:32 "Bill Cunningham" <nospam(a)nspam.invalid> writes: >Mark Hobley wrote: >> What book was it Bill? > It's called "UNIX networking" by Kochan and Wood. So much can be done >with gettaddrinfo() now but the code in this book declares many objects of >type struct sockaddr and all the other struct declared in socket.h and >netdb.h. I believe they told you to get a more modern book. The one you got was written in the late 1980's as the copyright shows, and hasn't been updated. Lots of things change in 21+ years. :) Especially things like ANSI C coming out in 1989. Before ANSI C, things did have to be done as you quoted in your first post in this thread, not everyone tracked pre-ANSI C coding standards and coded in the latest style back then. The '90's was an era for big changes in Unix, so be careful of anything written in the '90s and before. The one they told you you should get was http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Network-Programming-Sockets-Networking/dp/0131411551 Caution, this one started out fairly long ago too, but it has been updated to reflect somewhat current stuff. Older editions are going to be different than the latest version in covering stuff, especially modern programming APIs. At least you shouldn't have paid much for the Kochan and Wood book. I have it (from when it was new), and its an okay book. Not anywhere as good as the Stevens book though.
From: Bill Cunningham on 20 Apr 2010 15:40 "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn(a)geeks.org> wrote in message news:4bce0169$0$50145$8046368a(a)newsreader.iphouse.net... > I believe they told you to get a more modern book. Well I don't know who they are. The one you got was > written in the late 1980's as the copyright shows, and hasn't been > updated. Lots of things change in 21+ years. :) Indeed. Especially things > like ANSI C coming out in 1989. Before ANSI C, things did have to be > done as you quoted in your first post in this thread, not everyone > tracked pre-ANSI C coding standards and coded in the latest style back > then. The '90's was an era for big changes in Unix, so be careful of > anything written in the '90s and before. > > The one they told you you should get was > http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Network-Programming-Sockets-Networking/dp/0131411551 You would go ahead and recommend this one then even though it's a little old itself? > Caution, this one started out fairly long ago too, but it has been > updated to reflect somewhat current stuff. Older editions are going > to be different than the latest version in covering stuff, especially > modern programming APIs. [...]
From: Doug McIntyre on 20 Apr 2010 18:50
"Bill Cunningham" <nospam(a)nspam.invalid> writes: >> http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Network-Programming-Sockets-Networking/dp/0131411551 > You would go ahead and recommend this one then even though it's a little >old itself? Yes, not alot of changes in the Networking API front since 2003. Earlier editions were getting a bit dated, but this edition had a good extensive refresh all around. While there may be some changes to some aspect, this book has stood the time as the bible of TCP/IP socket programming. |