Lions' Commentary on UNIX
Paperback, 257 pages
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"After 20 years, this is still the best expostion of the workings of a 'real' operating system." --- Ken Thompson, developer of Unix, 1996
“After years of suppression (as trade secrets) by various owners of the UNIX code, this tome has been re-released... I consider this to be the single most important book of 1996.” --- "Unix Review", June 1997
"The Lions book" cherished by generations of UNIX gurus is two works in one:
* the complete source code to an early version (Edition 6) of the UNIX operating system, a treasure in itself!
* a brilliant commentary on that code by Prof. John Lions
Lions' integration of UNIX source code with commentary is still used today as an operating s...More >
“After years of suppression (as trade secrets) by various owners of the UNIX code, this tome has been re-released... I consider this to be the single most important book of 1996.” --- "Unix Review", June 1997
"The Lions book" cherished by generations of UNIX gurus is two works in one:
* the complete source code to an early version (Edition 6) of the UNIX operating system, a treasure in itself!
* a brilliant commentary on that code by Prof. John Lions
Lions' integration of UNIX source code with commentary is still used today as an operating s...More >
