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Hands-On System Programming with C++

You're reading from   Hands-On System Programming with C++ Build performant and concurrent Unix and Linux systems with C++17

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137880
Length 552 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with System Programming 2. Learning the C, C++17, and POSIX Standards FREE CHAPTER 3. System Types for C and C++ 4. C++, RAII, and the GSL Refresher 5. Programming Linux/Unix Systems 6. Learning to Program Console Input/Output 7. A Comprehensive Look at Memory Management 8. Learning to Program File Input/Output 9. A Hands-On Approach to Allocators 10. Programming POSIX Sockets Using C++ 11. Time Interfaces in Unix 12. Learning to Program POSIX and C++ Threads 13. Error – Handling with Exceptions 14. Assessments 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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  1. What is the first return register for the System V architecture (64-bit) on Intel?
  2. What is the first argument register for the System V architecture (64-bit) on Intel?
  3. When pushing to the stack on Intel, do you add or subtract the stack pointer?
  4. What is the difference between segments and sections in ELF?
  5. What is stored in the .eh_frame section in an ELF file?
  6. What is the difference between fork() and exec()?
  7. When creating a Unix pipe, which file handle is the write file handle? The first, or the second?
  8. What is the return value of the wait() system call?
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