C.4 Programming Languages

A number of important programming languages were first developed under Unix. Note again the books written by Brian Kernighan.

1. The C Programming Language , Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 1978. ISBN: 0-13-110163-3.

   The original "bible" on C. Dennis Ritchie invented C and is one of the two "fathers" of Unix. This edition is out-of-print.

2. The C Programming Language , Second Edition. Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 1988. ISBN: 0-13-110362-8.

   This revision of the original covers ANSI C. It retains and improves upon the high qualities of the first edition. See http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook .

3. C: A Reference Manual , Fourth Edition, Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 1994. ISBN: 0-13-326224-3.

   An excellent discussion of the details for those who need to know.

4. The C++ Programming Language , Third Edition, Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, 1997. ISBN: 0-201-88954-4.

   The definitive statement on C++ by the language's inventor and the ANSI C++ committee chair. See http://www.awl.com/cseng/titles/0-201-88954-4/ .

5. C++ Primer , Third Edition, Stanley B. Lippman and Josée Lajoie. Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA, USA, 1998. ISBN: 0-201-82470-1.

   An excellent introduction to C++. See http://www.awl.com/cseng/titles/0-201-82470-1/ .

6. The Java Programming Language , Ken Arnold and James Gosling. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, 1997. ISBN: 0-201-31006-6.

   This book is intended for learning Java, by two of the designers of the language.

7. The Java Language Specification , James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy L. Steele Jr. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, 1996. ISBN: 0-201-63451-1.

8. The AWK Programming Language , Alfred V. Aho and Brian W. Kernighan and Peter J. Weinberger, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, 1987. ISBN: 0-201-07981-X.

   The original definition for the awk programming language. Extremely worthwhile. See http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/awkbook .

9. Effective AWK Programming , Arnold Robbins, Specialized Systems Consultants, Seattle, WA, USA, 1997. ISBN: 1-57831-000-8.

   A more tutorial treatment of awk that covers the POSIX standard for awk . It also serves as the user's guide for gawk . See http://www.ssc.com/ssc/eap/ .

10. Tcl and the Tk Toolkit , John K. Ousterhout. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, 1994. ISBN: 0-201-63337-X.

11. Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk , Brent B. Welch. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 1997. ISBN: 0-13-616830-2.

12. Effective Tcl/Tk Programming: Writing Better Programs in Tcl and Tk , Mark Harrison and Michael J. McLennan. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, 1997. ISBN: 0-201-63474-0.

13. The New Kornshell Command and Programming Language , Morris I. Bolsky and David G. Korn, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 1995. ISBN: 0-13-182700-6.

    The definitive work on the Korn shell, by its author.

14. Hands-On KornShell 93 Programming , Barry Rosenberg, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA, USA, 1998. ISBN: 0-201-31018-X.

15. Compilers -- Principles, Techniques, and Tools , Alfred V. Aho and Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA, USA, 1986. ISBN: 0-201-10088-6.

    This is the famous "dragon book" on compiler construction. It provides much of the theory behind the operation of lex and yacc .