hey,
I've a fundamental understanding of C, C++ & Java and would like to now get started with 'Systems Programming in C'...There is just one problem - I am not sure what it means & entails!?!
wud appreciate advise some advise on the following:
A) What it involves (topics, pre-requisites, etc).
B) Best introductory websites to kick-off learning.
C) Recommended texts.
thx in anticipation!
7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*
appreciate that Dave but i'm gonna ve 2 blame it on cheap beer!; )
...a bit more meat to the info wud b appreciated...i especially wanna knw the range of topics covered by the umbrella of systems programming in C...
Hopefully spelling is one of the topics covered too ...
When all else fails, read the instructions.
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no chapter on spellings unfortunately!; )
for that matter very lil' on the desired topic...just half a page on 'C, UNIX and Standard Libraries'...not very helpful nkhambal!!
well, so much for nothing...anyway...i got a hold of a book called 'The C Odyssey - Unix'...Following are a few of the topics covered in it...Pls confirm if this is what constitutes Systems Programming in C:
- Chapter 1: The Multi-tasking OS
=- Background processes
=- Process ID
=- The fork()
=- Process Synchronisation
=- File Buffering
=- The exec()
- Chapter 2: The Multi-user OS
=- Process Group ID
=- Unix's view of disks & drives
=- Root file system
=- File Permissions
- Chapter 3: On Files
- Chapter 4: Communication across processes
=- Signal handling
=- SIGHUP, SIGCLD, SIGALRM
=- Pipes
=- Message Queues
=- Semaphores
=- Shared memory
wud appreciate all sound advise! cheers!
Looking at the contents of those chapters, that looks more like a book on application programming in unix, not system programming. An example of system programming would be a book on writing device drivers.
thats too bad...i'm lost then! and am already a 100 pages into the book!!;p
suggestions anyone?? links, websites, texts??
How about describing the kind of programs you want to write, rather than assuming a meaningless label like "systems programming" applies to what you want to do.
Also, try not to sound like an illiterate boob
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
"...designing and implementing network protocols in C using the BSD socket interface"
got that off the course descriptions page...i hope it provides for the requested level of granularity...
also there seem to a few ideas/topics scattered over the posts... am enlisting them below:
- embedded programming
- UNIX System Calls and Subroutines
- writing device drivers
- english spellings
it seems the usage of 'systems programming in C' was perhaps a gross generalisation...do apologise...excuse my oblivion (what with english spellings being included too!)
suggestions appreciated...
thx!
Last edited by wirefree101; 09-15-2005 at 06:42 AM.
Why stop studying that book? There is never harm in learning something new, even if it is not exactly what you wanted in the first place. Knowledge of the topics in your book can only HELP you when you study systems programming.Originally Posted by wirefree101
Did you actually check the topics ? besides it was just to give you the idea of what system programming in C means. Those are the topics you will probably be dealing with in when you are doing systems programming i.e. IPC, Shared Memory, Pthreads, Sockets etc.
If you need to learn more about System programming for above topics you can read following books and tutorials. The one I posted in my earlier is also a good tutorial (although not comprehensive) to start with.
Unix Network Programming Vol I and II. (Richard Stevens).
Beej's Guide to Unix Interprocess Communication
Advanced Linux Programming
Unix Multi-Process Programming and Inter-Process Communications (IPC)
Multi-Threaded Programming With POSIX Threads
The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
All the above tuturials and books and code examples written in C.
Thanks,
thx nkhambal...do appreciate it!
when I hear systems programming generally I think of either device driver or os design.
BSD Operating System
Understanding the Linux Kernel
Windows NT Device Driver Development
x86 System Programming Manual
Computer Architecture
For starters
