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"Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition", John Lions, 1996, 1-57398-013-7,
U$29.95
%A   John Lions
%C   P.O. Box 640218, San Jose, CA 95164-0218
%D   1996 (or maybe 1977)
%G   1-57398-013-7
%I   Peer-to-Peer Communications, Inc.
%O   U$29.95 800-420-2677 408-435-2677 fax: 408-435-0895 info@peer-to-peer.com
%T   "Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition"
 
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know about UNIX, you were told to read the
source code.  If you were very, very lucky, you could photocopy a photocopy of
a photocopy of the commentary on the source code, prepared by John Lions for
his class on operating systems.  Today there are books on UNIX internals, but
the ultimate resource is still the source code.  And Lions' commentary is now
readily available for the first time.
 
UNIX 6th edition is, of course, no longer the standard.  Lions' commentary does
not address graphics or networking, because these were not yet a part of UNIX
at the time.  The basic UNIX kernel, however, is all there.  In addition, UNIX
has influenced the development of almost every operating system since then, so
Lions' choice of UNIX as an explanation of operating system functions in
general is well justified.
 
Even if you are not interested in UNIX or operating systems, the UNIX kernel is
the ultimate C program.  Therefore, for UNIX buffs, operating system students,
or C programmers, this book is well worth consideration.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKLNSUNX.RVW   961014
 
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