Comment My bag contains, everywhere I go: (Score 1) 509
Both of the "Unix Network Programming" books
by Richard W Stevens. The original is the more
useful to me, but it is out of print.
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"The C Programming Language," Second Edition by
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
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I'm a graphics geek, so I have the "Graphics Gems"
series, as well as the Foley and Van Dam "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice," though I condemn them every chance I get for their matrix order.
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Second edition or later of Bjarne Stoustrop's C++ book is good to have around, no matter how much you hate it (the language, not the book.)
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An absolute MUST: Andrew Tannenbaum's Operating Systems book. Drop the anti-Tannenbaum politics for a moment and read the book. I've had to teach out of it and it beats the living hell out of every other OS book I've dealt with.
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The Richard W Stevens TCP/IP Illustrated books are also on my shelf and a must for anyone who wants to really understand the core of the Internet Protocol. Not enough coverage of IP6, in my opinion, but the way things are going I'm not betting on it seeing much use in the next decade.
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I'd avoid the whole latest-and-greatest craze as well, simply because as a library, you can't afford to keep up with it. You end up spending $50-$75 on a book that won't be used in a year. The books I've listed above all get used a number of times a month at work and are all well into their first decade of life if not their second.
by Richard W Stevens. The original is the more
useful to me, but it is out of print.
<p>
"The C Programming Language," Second Edition by
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
<p>
I'm a graphics geek, so I have the "Graphics Gems"
series, as well as the Foley and Van Dam "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice," though I condemn them every chance I get for their matrix order.
<p>
Second edition or later of Bjarne Stoustrop's C++ book is good to have around, no matter how much you hate it (the language, not the book.)
<p>
An absolute MUST: Andrew Tannenbaum's Operating Systems book. Drop the anti-Tannenbaum politics for a moment and read the book. I've had to teach out of it and it beats the living hell out of every other OS book I've dealt with.
<p>
The Richard W Stevens TCP/IP Illustrated books are also on my shelf and a must for anyone who wants to really understand the core of the Internet Protocol. Not enough coverage of IP6, in my opinion, but the way things are going I'm not betting on it seeing much use in the next decade.
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I'd avoid the whole latest-and-greatest craze as well, simply because as a library, you can't afford to keep up with it. You end up spending $50-$75 on a book that won't be used in a year. The books I've listed above all get used a number of times a month at work and are all well into their first decade of life if not their second.
