The Definitive Guide to GCC
Kurt Wallfirst touched a computer in 1980, when he learned FORTRAN on an IBM mainframe of forgotten vintage; things have only gotten better since. A professional technical writer by trade, Kurt has worked for companies as diverse as Virtual Solutions Inc. to Caldera Systems, where he created the documentation for the OpenLinux eServer and eDesktop and associated tools. These days, Kurt works for TimeSys Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he writes all of the Linux documentation for TimeSys's embedded Linux products. Kurt is the author ofRed Hat Linux Networking and System Administration,Linux Programming Unleashed, Second Edition, andLinux Programming by Example, and he's the coauthor ofRed Hat Linux Weekend Crash Course, Third Edition. He has contributed to over 15 other Linux-related books covering topics such as system administration, performance tuning, clustering, and programming.William von Hagenholds degrees in computer science, English writing, and art history. William has worked with UNIX systems since 1982, during which time he has been a system administrator, systems programmer, software developer, development manager, computing facilities operations manager, writer, documentation manager, and (now) content manager. William has written a number of books, includingLinux Filesystems,Installing Red Hat Linux 7, andSGML For Dummies, and he contributed to writingRed Hat 7 Unleashed. He coauthoredMac OS X Power User's Guidewith Brian Proffitt. William has written articles and software reviews for publications includingLinux Magazine,Linux Format(UK),Maximum Linux,Mac Tech Magazine,Mac Home Magazine, andMac Directory, and he has written extensive online material for CMP Media, Linux Planet, and Corel.