Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice

The beauty of this book is Prof. Molay's excellent and methodical explanations that elucidate what would otherwise (in other books) seem exceedingly complex and full of arcane details. The pedagogical style of this book is simply quite extraordinary --something that is not found in most programming books. This book, along with Stevens, provide a much deeper understanding of Unix/Linux than what can be acquired by learning by trial and error.This book is, of course, best understood in Prof. Molay's Harvard cscie-28 class --yet the stylistic differences between C in 2002 can be a bit disconcerting, till, of course, you learn more C thanks to this book.

Item arrived as described. Fair price

This University text introduces system programming via Unix/Linux in a way that stimulates students to ask "How is that done?" and then make it happen. The unique approach is good. Far too many would-be programmers are handed a recipe and expect the same on the job. Those who ask "How is that done?" will later ask "How can this be done?" without the example program to inspire them. It's a good way to approach teaching students system programming at the novice level.

Honestly I was annoyed that the professor made us buy his book; however, there is a ton of good info in here. Professor Molay is an expert, no doubt. Unfortunately, the examples are in desperate need of adherence to best practices. If you turned in something resembling the example code into your professor he would fail you.

Only needed it for school. The content is outdated and only good to learn the basics. Many examples no longer compile or work. For this price the book should be updated to at least work on the modern Linux/unix distributions.

This book is beautifully written. I just got it today and read the first chapter. I bought it for a class I am taking in Unix Systems Programming. I was relieved when Molay's book arrived in the mail today. I was relieved that the book exceeded my expectations. If you can't afford Harvard, don't worry--the course is all here.

Low quality material. The book started to fall a part in my back bag in 2 months.

I choose this books as it was from Harvard professor and though some new insights on learning unic will be gained. This book has given a new approach in terms of learning unic by seeing what actual C code is wriiten behind every command . This book is for people who are highly skilled in UNix and C . Also for users who want to create new command by programming in C