This led me to the already mentioned APUE book, written by Stevens. I was saddened by his loss at a yound age of 48. http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/200

This led me to the already mentioned APUE book, written by Stevens. I was saddened by his loss at a yound age of 48. http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2000/09/01/rich_stevens http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2000/09/01/rich_stev... That article led me to this: http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/1999/11/30/lions/index.html http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/1999/11/30/lions/ind... which is another fantastic read. You can read about Lions' efforts here: Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Commentary_on_UNIX_6th_Edition,_with_Source_Code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Commentary_on_UNIX_6th_Ed... http://tinyurl.com/2k9rwr http://tinyurl.com/2k9rwr (If the link above doesn't work) The commentary is available as a PDF file here: http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/book.pdf http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/book.pdf