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From: kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen)
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:10:04 -0000 (UTC)
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In comp.unix.programmer Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:21:38 -0000 (UTC)
> kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) boringly babbled:
>>To know Linux, you need Michal Kerrisk's book the Linux Programming
>>Interface. I have this book, but admittedly you are kind of right:
>>It is large and I do not know every single part of it, but I have
>>studied it a lot and I am familiar with the most important features.
> 
> Luckily not much has changed in core unix systems programming over the decades
> (seems they got it mostly right first time) so Advanced Programming in the 
> Unix Enviroment by W. Richard Stevens is still a very relevant book to anyone 
> who wants to develop on unix.

That is pretty much true, yes.

br,
KK