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 systems textbook (e.g. at MIT in Fall 2004!). As a self-study UNIX conceptual tutorial, it has informed and inspired computer professionals and advanced operating system students for almost thirty years.
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"A legend in Operating Systems books"
This book is a timeless legend for anyone interested in computer operating systems. My husband, a computer science professor, had actually mentioned this in his Operating Systems class as the definitive work on the subject -- "documentation that reads like Shakespeare" -- without knowing it was back in print. He was delighted and amazed when I gave this to him as a birthday gift. We're ordering another copy so he can have an extra to mark up and use in future classes; the practical assignments/problems are still relevant today. Unlike the downloadable versions floating around the Internet, this particular edition combines Lions' two works (commentary and commented code) with reviews from various computer luminaries and a foreword by Dennis Ritchie (co-creator of UNIX). Highly recommended.
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