lrr@princeton.UUCP (Larry Rogers) (01/31/86)
The book ``The Advanced Programmer's Guide to UNIX System V'' by Rebecca Thomas, Lawrence Rogers (me), and Jean Yates has been available since early November and has currently sold around 4200 copies. Because of the volume sold, the publisher, Osborne/McGraw-Hill is considering another printing. I would like to know a few things from those who read this news group: 1. Have you purchased or looked at the book and what are your impressions? 2. What errors have you found that should be corrected for another printing? 3. If I can strike a deal with Osborne/McGraw-Hill, should I submit the source code for the examples to mod.sources, that is, if the net believes this to be ethical? For those who have not yet seen the book, please do if you have an opportunity. Much thanks to all who respond, though by mail please. Larry Rogers Princeton University Department of Computer Science Engineering Quadrangle Building, Room C334 Princeton, NJ 08544 UUCP: princeton!lrr CSNET: lrr%princeton@CSnet-relay PHONE: 609 452 6483
pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) (02/02/86)
In article <1210@princeton.UUCP> lrr@princeton.UUCP (Larry Rogers) writes: >The book ``The Advanced Programmer's Guide to UNIX System V'' by Rebecca >Thomas, Lawrence Rogers (me), and Jean Yates has been available since early >November and has currently sold around 4200 copies. Because of the volume >sold, the publisher, Osborne/McGraw-Hill is considering another printing. >I would like to know a few things from those who read this news group: > > 1. Have you purchased or looked at the book and what are your > impressions? >Larry Rogers I looked at the book very carefully before buying... and bought a different one that I consider to be *much* better: ``Advanced UNIX Programming'', by Marc J. Rochkind. The text is much easier to digest, explains everything more clearly, and the examples do the job in much less space (it's about one third the size of the above-mentioned book, yet covers all the topics more clearly!) -- OOO __| ___ Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises OOOOOOO___/ _______ USPS: 19611 La Mar Court, Cupertino, CA 95014 OOOOO \___/ UUCP: {hplabs!hpdsd,pyramid}!octopus!pete ___| \_____ Phone: 408/996-7746