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Hands-On System Programming with C++

By : Dr. Rian Quinn
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Hands-On System Programming with C++

By: Dr. Rian Quinn

Overview of this book

C++ is a general-purpose programming language with a bias toward system programming as it provides ready access to hardware-level resources, efficient compilation, and a versatile approach to higher-level abstractions. This book will help you understand the benefits of system programming with C++17. You will gain a firm understanding of various C, C++, and POSIX standards, as well as their respective system types for both C++ and POSIX. After a brief refresher on C++, Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII), and the new C++ Guideline Support Library (GSL), you will learn to program Linux and Unix systems along with process management. As you progress through the chapters, you will become acquainted with C++'s support for IO. You will then study various memory management methods, including a chapter on allocators and how they benefit system programming. You will also explore how to program file input and output and learn about POSIX sockets. This book will help you get to grips with safely setting up a UDP and TCP server/client. Finally, you will be guided through Unix time interfaces, multithreading, and error handling with C++ exceptions. By the end of this book, you will be comfortable with using C++ to program high-quality systems.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Questions

  1. How does std::cin help to prevent buffer overflows compared to the standard C scanf?
  2. Name at least one advantage from using C++ streams compared to the standard C-style printf/scanf.
  3. Name at least on disadvantage to using C++ streams compared to the standard C-style printf/scanf.
  4. When should std::endl be used instead of \n?
  5. What is the difference between std::cerr and std::clog, and when should std::cerr be used?
  6. How does one output extra characters between a base identifier and a hex value?
  7. How does one output a number in octal and upper case?
  8. How can standard C-style program arguments be safely parsed using C++ and the GSL?
  9. How does one save/restore the read buffer for std::cin?