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Subject: Re: Cynic's Guide, part 5:  Bookshelf
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Some attempts to fill in the blanks:
Database: C.J. Date, "Introduction to Database Systems". Vol. I&II
Numerical Analysis: Ralston & Rabinowitz "A First Course in Numerical Analysis".
This is particularly useful when coupled with either the CRC Standard Math Tables
or the National Bureau of Standards' "Handbook of Mathematical Functions".
Networks: Tanenbaum's "Computer Networks" seems reasonable.
Operating Systems: Deitel's "Introduction to Operating Systems" is a
good choice, especially when coupled with a practical treatment, e.g.,
Comer's "Operating Systems Design: The XINU Approach" or Tanenbaum's book
on MINIX (I forget the title).

I suggest (if you can beg, borrow, or steal it) a copy of the Bell System
Technical Journal, July-August 1978 (UNIX System Issue). I think AT&T still
sells them (expensive, last time I checked) from an office at 100 JFK Parkway,
Short Hills, NJ. There's a lot of good reading there!

						-Jonathan