Porting Unix Applications to Windows Nt

by Andrew Lowe

This book addresses the specific problems you will encounter while considering, planning, and executing a port of your application from Unix to Windows NT. Avoid troubling delays, anticipate problems, and plan ahead. Find the answer to that pivotal how can I preserve the substantial investment I made in my program's source code? This book provides expert insight on the intricacies of Windows NT and allows you to gain a deeper understanding of the way the hardware, executive components, kernel device drivers, and user-level software all work together to provide a working solution. A detailed analysis of the NT hardware, executive components, kernel device drivers, and user-level software shows you how each element of NT works together and how you can exploit this synergy within your ported applications.

544 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1997