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C++ “under the hood” books for advanced readers? [closed]
Are there any particularly good books for understanding how C++ works "under the hood"? My reasons for asking this are that I am very interested in C++ performance system programming (low latency ...
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Any basic difference between Unix and Linux in design and other aspects? [closed]
I keep reading this sentence:
Linux is a Unix-like system, but it is not Unix.
I don't know what's the real difference between the two. I know Linux got a lot of ideas from Unix and the licenses ...
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Ubuntu, OpenSuse, the world of linux for a web-developer
I'm learning web development. My main OS is windows 7 but I've used Linux and currently dual-booting with Ubuntu. My Linux knowledge however, is pretty limited. I can work with the command line on ...
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Simple explanation of the Unix sockets
I can search and I've already looked at the wikipedia entry and in some other places, but even though I have some programming experience, I don't really grasp the concept. Can you treat me like a 10 ...
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Why exclusively UNIX is taught at universities' operating systems courses? [closed]
I'm not sure this question can be asked here, but nevertheless.
Almost each operating systems or systems programming course is taught using UNIX only. I wonder what are the reasons for this? Why ...
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Are there any tools to ease analysis of remote logs?
I have to work with a lot of logs daily: appreport, message, debug, systemout, syserr, etc.
To do so, I login to one of many different servers through putty and use grep with many different patterns, ...
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Learning low latency C++ and Java?
I'm currently in a role where I dont get to write any C++ or Java. However, the role is good because provides me with exposure to the business side (i'm interested in finance).
Eventually I would ...
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Unix as opposed to Windows (Java and C++) [closed]
Firstly I should explain the background. I am interested in high frequency trading programming roles. After looking at many job specs it is very clear that there is a big demand for programmers who ...
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How to understand the beauty of UNIX? [closed]
Some of my friends say that UNIX is beautiful and simple. But I really don't know what they mean. Why are they saying so? For me, UNIX is just a boring command prompt with different shells. How can I ...
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Interviewing someone for general unix skills
How would you test a developer that claims to have *nix shell experience (just to be clear, we don't want to test if someone can develop on *nix, only that they know their way around the command ...
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Functional programming: Writing a small interpreter
I'm working on a small Unix shell, and am contemplating the idea of writing a script interpreter. While reading about the subject I inevitably hear of functional programming, lambda calculus, and find ...
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Do LAMP/Java-based software development teams have SOE's?
As a developer on the Windows/.NET stack, it's pretty normal for the company-supplied machine to come with Windows (usually an ancient, archaic version like Windows XP) and a stack of software ...
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How is “*nix” pronounced? [closed]
In many books we can see the term "*nix" used. How is this term pronounced?
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Rochkind or Stevens? Which Unix book to choose? [closed]
I already have some experience with Unix itself, but I'm interested in adding a new book to my collection. I just can't decide which one.
Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment
W. Stevens ...
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What should developers know about UNIX-based systems?
I'm a bit amazed that this hasn't been asked by anyone yet, but at a high level, what should every developer know about working with UNIX-based systems?
My *nix experience is very limited, because I ...
