BKOPSYDI.RVW   970227
 
"Operating Systems: Design and Implementation", Andrew S. Tanenbaum/Albert S.
Woodhull, 1997, 0-13-638677-6
%A   Andrew S. Tanenbaum
%A   Albert S. Woodhull
%C   One Lake St., Upper Saddle River, NJ   07458
%D   1997
%G   0-13-638677-6
%I   Prentice Hall
%O   +1-201-236-7139 fax: +1-201-236-7131 beth_hespe@prenhall.com
%P   939
%T   "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, 2nd ed."
 
On the one hand, there are a number of academic texts which explain the theory
and concepts behind operating systems.  On the other hand, there is the
proverbial exhortation to read the source code for UNIX (the one, true
operating system).  This book give you both hands -- an excellent conceptual
presentation of the basics, plus the source code for MINIX.
 
Depending upon your perspective, this book might be seen as the text for a
first-level operating system course, with advanced topics to be dealt with
later.  Networking, concurrency, and objects are not dealt with in depth.  It
could equally be argued, though, that, like MINIX itself, the book is basic but
entirely functional.  Additional topics may well be frills.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1997   BKOPSYDI.RVW   970227

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