On my desk, you'll find a small group of sacred works set between old-fashioned metal bookends with cork bottoms. All of these advanced books have rare qualities in common: They do not tutor, they are ...

This is a book about Unix programming, but in it we’re going to toss around the words “culture,” “art,” and “philosophy” a lot. If you are not a programmer, or you are a programmer who has had little ...

Ever wondered why programming in Bash is so difficult? Bash employs the same constructs as traditional programming languages; however, under the hood, the logic is rather different. The Bourne-Again ...

Big Nerd Ranch has released “Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming,” a book by Mark Dalrymple and Aaron Hillegass that was previously only available only as a student guide for the US$3,500 Big Nerd ...

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Last week's discussion about development languages was, I thought, both wide ranging and interesting. In particular I ended up trying to understand to what extent, if at all, organizational structures ...

The choice between UNIX and Linux is not an easy one. These operating systems both have their upsides and downsides. There are certain things you need to consider before deciding which operating ...