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Prerequisites:
This course assumes that students have a solid background
in C and/or C++ programming. Experience with UNIX to edit, build and execute
programs is also required.
Course Summary:
This course will focus on various aspects of system programming.
We will study the UNIX programming interface, from the point-of-view
of system calls and library routines to perform file, I/O and process
management, as well as inter-process communication and synchronization.
The C language will be used throughout the course, but aspects
of shell programming and languages such as Perl will also be discussed.
Additional topics may include graphical user interfaces
(GUIs) and toolkits for graphical interaction with applications.
Further Information:
Additional recommended reading:
Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant, "Programming
Perl", 3rd Edition, O'Reilly and Associates, ISBN:0-596-00027-8. There
are many other O'Reilly books on Perl
and one of the "Learning Perl" books might be easier to follow.
W.R. Stevens, "UNIX Network Programming", Volumes I &
II, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-490012-X and 0-13-081081-9, respectively.
