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> - The Art of Unix Programming by ESR Yes. TAOUP has a lot of good content about Unix programming styles and traditions, much of it useful generally. ESR's wr
by vram22 9y ago
> - The Art of Unix Programming by ESR
Yes. TAOUP has a lot of good content about Unix programming styles and traditions, much of it useful generally. ESR's writing style is a bit heavy / verbose / uses verbal flourishes, but if you can let that not put you off, the book is worth reading. I've read most of it. One of the good sections is about Rules (of programming in Unix, which are not really rules, of course, but informal guidelines developed over many years of experience by many people - ESR has sort of codified them, a thing he tends to do a lot :)
The Rule about separating the interface from the implementation is a good one. I've seen developers at even enterprise companies sometimes not follow it in practice.
> - Parsing Techniques by Grune and Jacobs
Just saw that there is a new edition of this book:
https://dickgrune.com/Books/PTAPG_2nd_Edition/ https://dickgrune.com/Books/PTAPG_2nd_Edition/