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From: jsq@tic.com (John S. Quarterman)
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Subject: Re: was: the BSD lpd protocol? Stevens' Book
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Date: 30 Jul 90 18:40:30 GMT
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> >There is an amazing book out there that I haven't seen mentioned on
> >Usenet.  It is, "UNIX NETWORK PROGRAMMING" by W. RICHARD STEVENS.  It
> >is published by PRENTICE HALL and its ISBN is 0-13-949876-1.  At the
> >$41 price I paid, this book is a terrific 772-page gold-mine of
> >information.
>
>i second this - it is extremely complete, so far as a 1 hour scan could
>tell, v. well written and excellent value

See also the review in a recent issue of ConneXions.

> - i wish there could be an equivalent text for kernel hackery for bsd,

Leffler, Samuel J., McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Karels, Michael J., and
Quarterman, John S., The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX
Operating System, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1.

> svid

Bach, M.J., The Design of the UNIX Operating System, Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1986.

> and, say, mach.

Rumor has it that such is in progress.

> then lots of people could stop paying out megabucks to go on commercial
>courses...

Actually, the existence of such books tends to increase the number of
people who take such courses.

>the structure is very similar to a course i teach on comms. software,
>and i think i'm gonna recommend it as a base text....

Case in point....

John
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