A sad look at the state of modern programming books.
The Art of Unix Programming
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Its Time for a New Programming Language
Today, when compared to any other point in programming history, we find ourselves spoiled for choice when it comes to programming…
Let’s explore the universe of programming resources together
by Quincy Larson Let’s explore the universe of programming resources together There are a lot of free programming resources out there. Here’s a list of more than a thousand free programming books. Here’s a list of hundreds of free online university c...
The Rust Programming Language - The Rust Programming Language
by Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols, and Chris Krycho, with contributions from the Rust Community
Rust and the Future of Systems Programming – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
If you’re a regular reader of Hacks, you probably know about Rust, the ground-breaking, community-driven systems programming language sponsored by Mozilla. I covered Rust on Hacks back in July, to ...
Unix system programming in OCaml
Translation by Daniel C. Bünzli, Eric Cooper, Eliot Handelman, Priya Hattiangdi, Thad Meyer, Prashanth Mundkur, Richard Paradies, Till Varoquaux, Mark Wong-VanHaren
The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement
Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.
Knuth: Literate Programming
This book is the first in a series of eight volumes that contain archival forms of my published papers, together with new material.
Elements of Programming
After ten years in print, our publisher decided against further printings and reverted the rights to us. Elements of Programming is now available in two forms: a free PDF and a no-markup paperback.
Command Line Interface Guidelines
An open-source guide to help you write better command-line programs, taking traditional UNIX principles and updating them for the modern day.
Denicek: Computational Substrate for Document-Oriented End-User Programming
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Rust and the Three Laws of Informatics
Rust and the Three Laws of Informatics After 10 years in the Java world, I have recently been looking at Rust more seriously. I am barely beginning Rust programming, yet I feel enthusiastic: I …
the world hasn’t figured out yet that you can literally just fix everything with a Nix overlay
There are many things that are uncertain in our industry right now, but one thing I am certain about, and have been for almost 13 years, is that Nix is a terrible programming language. I remember when I first learned it, it felt like pushing shit uphill. The learning cliff
Nothing new under the sun: everything is a file
The Unix revolution was built on a key principle: everything is a file. Now, with the rise of AI Agents, LLMs have access to half a century of file-based arcana. The result? Everything is becoming a file again.
