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Title: Linkers and Loaders by John Levine ISBN: 1-55860-496-0 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (12 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: A Respectiable Failure of a Book
Comment: I purchased this book so that I might learn more about the linking process. I had hoped that I could write my own simple linker to help facilitate my understanding. Interestingly enough, this is exactly what the book advertises. Unfortunately this book only served as a mild introduction to several object file formats. Like mathematicians need formulas to understand certain processes, programmers need code to see what is actually is transpiring within the computer. This book does not contain anything technical enough that could actually be helpful in writing your own linker (providing you already understand object file formats). If this book was entitled "Introduction to Object Files" then I may have given it 5 stars. The book also has several references to writing a linker in PERL, but the website has not changed since it was published in October of 1999. No code has yet been posted and has left me with the feeling of being ripped off. The books website.... contains a draft version of the book. I'd suggest you simply read that and save your money. I don't think its fair to release half a product at full price. Being a student, money doesn't come by easily for me. I am certain I will never buy a book from Jonh R. Levine again.
Rating: 4
Summary: Who knew linkers could be interesting?
Comment: This book will definitely surprise you if, like me, you had the idea that linkers were just simple, dull tools that ran in the background. The author provides a surprisingly thorough, but understandable, overview of all sorts of linker/loader issues: layout in memory, relocatable code, debugging information, etc., but he does it with such a light, readable style that the material itself doesn't seem particularly difficult. My one complaint is that the book has very little code. The perl-based linker project is basically just a short series of "suggested exercises" without much direction. Still, I wouldn't hesistate to recommend this to anyone interested in compilers or operating systems.
Rating: 3
Summary: Very superficial, OK as an introduction
Comment: Nothing much to add to that. Well written, good illustrations, all's good, but too superficial and cursory. Unfortunately, short of reading gnu source code, it's the only info source on the topic, so one has to be grateful for what one can get, I guess. For what it is, the book is OK.
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Title: How Debuggers Work : Algorithms, Data Structures, and Architecture by Jonathan B. Rosenberg ISBN: 0471149667 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 27 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Virtual Machine Design and Implementation in C/C++ (With CD-ROM) by Bill Blunden ISBN: 1556229038 Publisher: Wordware Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Hacker Disassembling Uncovered by Kris Kaspersky, Natalia Tarkova, Julie Laing ISBN: 1931769222 Publisher: A-List Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Memory Management: Algorithms and Implementation in C/C++ by Bill Blunden ISBN: 1556223471 Publisher: Wordware Publishing Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation by Steven Muchnick ISBN: 1558603204 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $94.95 |
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