Unix Programming - UNIX systems programming

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UNIX systems programming

dude

2004-05-21, 4:31 am

Small question....

What exactly does a UNIX (or any OS for that matter) systems programmer do?
Also, is it true that the number of systems programmers needed is shrinking?

Thanks....

Rich Teer

2004-05-21, 1:32 pm

On Fri, 21 May 2004, dude wrote:

> What exactly does a UNIX (or any OS for that matter) systems programmer do?

I've always thought of systems programming as writing the tools
to make tools. So, an application programmer writes the products
used by end users, and a systems programmer writes the tools the
app developer uses. Naturally, there's a lot of overlapping,
and my definition is very rough at best.

> Also, is it true that the number of systems programmers needed is shrinking?

I highly doubt it. People will always need systems, so there will
always be aneed for systems programmers.

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