August 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
Libraries are collections of precompiled functions that have been written to be reusable. Typically, they consist of sets of related functions to perform a common task. Examples include libraries of screen-handling functions (the curses and ncurses libraries) and database access routines (the dbm library).
Standard system libraries are usually stored in /lib and /usr/lib. The C [...]
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August 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
The UNIX operating system, and hence Linux, encourages a certain programming style. Following are a few characteristics shared by typical UNIX programs and systems:
Simplicity: Many of the most useful UNIX utilities are very simple and, as a result, small and easy to understand. “Small and Simple” is a good technique to learn. Larger, more complex [...]
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