- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (Jan 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0136864945
- ISBN-13: 978-0136864943
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm
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- #88 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Languages & Tools > UNIX Programming
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This practical guide contains a detailed set of C standards and UNIX system comparisons for the construction of highly portable software. Professionals will learn the underlying causes of portability problems as well as the techniques for creating portable UNIX system software. It shortens the software development and test cycle and enables the user to reduce the cost of long-term support.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Clarification on authorship
16 Feb 2005
Format:Paperback
Cowan's only half-right. The "E" in "J.E. Lapin" is for "Eric" (as in "Eric Raymond"). The "J" is for "Jon" (as in
"Jon Tulk"). The book was actually a team effort undertaken by several software engineers working at Rabbit Software in the 80s.
"Jon Tulk"). The book was actually a team effort undertaken by several software engineers working at Rabbit Software in the 80s.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This book should be far better known
24 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
In addition to being everything the previous reviewer said it was, its true author is Eric S. Raymond, rather better known in the community now than he was then. ("Lapin" is French for "rabbit", as in Rabbit Software, the publishers.) So it should really be filed along with "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" and "The New Hacker's Dictionary".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Somewhat dated now, but still very worthy ideas.
14 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback
First off, the composite authors name is Lapin, not Laping.
I used this book back around 1990 to develop a large software suite. The first 5 chapters are an excellent intro to portable C coding. We used the beginning chapters to design and develop our common platform headers, libraries and Make system. We did not take their examples unchanged, but used them as starting points for a our needs, which was a somewhat more comprehensive system. My team gives the book credit for helping us get us some of our 10x improvements. Still have not seen the likes of this book even today, in terms of the quality of data to use.
The last half of the book is a summary of different API calls and /bin functions available on different Unixes of the day. Interesting now, from a historical perspective.
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