Implementation

Table of Contents

14. Languages

Unix's Cornucopia of Languages

Why Not C?

Interpreted Languages and Mixed Strategies

Language Evaluations

C

C++

Shell

Perl

Tcl

Python

Java

Emacs Lisp

Trends for the Future

Choosing an X Toolkit

15. Tools

A Developer-Friendly Operating System

Choosing an Editor

Useful Things to Know about vi

Useful Things to Know about Emacs

The Antireligious Choice: Using Both

Special-Purpose Code Generators

yacc and lex

Case Study: Glade

make: Automating Your Recipes

Basic Theory of make

make in Non-C/C++ Development

Utility Productions

Generating Makefiles

Version-Control Systems

Why Version Control?

Version Control by Hand

Automated Version Control

Unix Tools for Version Control

Runtime Debugging

Profiling

Combining Tools with Emacs

Emacs and make

Emacs and Runtime Debugging

Emacs and Version Control

Emacs and Profiling

Like an IDE, Only Better

16. Reuse

The Tale of J. Random Newbie

Transparency as the Key to Reuse

From Reuse to Open Source

The Best Things in Life Are Open

Where to Look?

Issues in Using Open-Source Software

Licensing Issues

What Qualifies as Open Source

Standard Open-Source Licenses

When You Need a Lawyer