Using C on the UNIX system
by David A. Curry · first published 1989
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After K&R, it was 'Using C on the Unix System' by Dave Curry (~200+ pages). I also enjoyed the first edition of Learning Perl by Randall Schwartz (~200+ pages). This book introduced me to regular expressions.
on “Blunt and necessary review of programming language books.” ↗…Programming Perl (1991) used a camel. https://archive.org/details/programmingperl000wall Ahh, Learning the vi Editor (1990) had an animal. https://archive.org/details/learningvieditor00lamb_0 So did Using C on the UNIX system : a guide to system programming (1989), https://archive.org/details/usingconunixsyst00curr . With a lion.
on “Why do programming books have animals on the covers?” ↗