cwl157

I didn't really know where to put this so I'll put it here. I am currently in a class in system programming in a unix environment with posix functions. Now I am wondering what is a good resource for learning systems programming in windows? Is it that much different? I know posix is a standard, does that mean windows uses the same standard just implemented differently? By systems programming, I don't want to do anything crazy just see the functions and write small programs to try them out and get a better feel of how windows works. Now that I have a better feel for how unix works, I thought it would be a good idea to take some time and see the same thing with windows. Thanks.

DaWei

Posix is a standard for Unix derivatives. Neither XP nor Server 2003 support it. You may find Posix-like stuff here and there. I believe that NT could support a Posix subsystem.

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cwl157

so basically, system programming on windows is completely different?

DaWei

Even if the approaches have similarities, the underlying implementation is different. Go to MSDN and have a look at the Windows API to get a feel for things.

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Jimbo

There is some posix library for Windows somewhere, but I think it's pretty bad... as DaWei mentioned, you should probably look through MSDN or get a book on Windows programming.

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