On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Trevor Smith wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:44:31 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i'm interested in collecting some online tutorials that cover introductory > >development using gcc. things like basic gcc, simple options, how libraries > ... > > and, of course, all of this to be done under linux. thanks. > > I'm taking a course this semester on C development in a GNU linux > environment. The course web site is: > > http://www.cs.dal.ca/~dirk/2132/2132.html > > > The recommended texts are: > > K. N. King, C Programming: A Modern Approach, (Norton, 1996). > > K. Reek, Pointers on C, (Addison Wesley, 1997). > > B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, second > edition, (Prentice Hall, 1988). i'm familiar with only the last one, but remember, i'm not looking for howtos on programming in C; i'm interested in docs that describe the entire development environment in linux using the GNU toolset for people who most likely already know how to program in C, perhaps coming from a windows environment, and need to know how all the GNU tools work together. as i mentioned, there is the book "programming with gnu software" from o'reilly, but it's getting fairly dated (1995). in a perfect world, there would be a book like "open source development tools", covering things like gcc, how libraries work, linkers, make, the autotools, and so on. sadly, i don't see one out there. rday
