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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.unix.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Any suggestions for Linux Beginners stepping to Linux kernel. |
| Date | 2011-09-07 09:18 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <9cnh0kF72aU8@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 09/ 7/11 09:11 AM, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > Ian Collins<ian-news@hotmail.com> writes: >> On 09/ 7/11 12:15 AM, Rainer Weikusat wrote: >>> Ian Collins<ian-news@hotmail.com> writes: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> Kernel code is not a good source to study C, unless you want to >>>> pick up bad habits early. >>> >>> Care to name some of these bad habits, together with an explanation >>> why you consider them to be bad habits? >> >> Writing gcc specific code. > > 'Worrying about portability' without portability being a requirement > is a bad habit because it means 'doing more work now because of > $something which might happen in future'. That's all well and good for an experienced programmer, but a novice should learn standard C, not GNU C. If a novice does want to study kernel code, they can always try one that tried to avoid compiler specifics (such as OpenSolaris). -- Ian Collins
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Re: Any suggestions for Linux Beginners stepping to Linux kernel. Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-09-06 22:00 +1200
Re: Any suggestions for Linux Beginners stepping to Linux kernel. Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2011-09-06 13:15 +0100
Re: Any suggestions for Linux Beginners stepping to Linux kernel. Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-09-07 08:44 +1200
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Re: Any suggestions for Linux Beginners stepping to Linux kernel. Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-09-07 09:18 +1200
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Re: Any suggestions for Linux Beginners stepping to Linux kernel. Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 01:03 -0700
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