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Yep, great successor to Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition. Another great book in the same style is Notes on the Plan 9 3rd edition Kernel Source, also free
by 4ad 15y ago
Yep, great successor to Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition.
Another great book in the same style is Notes on the Plan 9 3rd edition Kernel Source, also free: http://lsub.org/who/nemo/9.pdf http://lsub.org/who/nemo/9.pdf
Plan 9 might be obscure to most HN readers, but fundamentally these books teach concepts, and the code base is much more clear and understandable than mainstream kernels.
- muyuu 15y agoLooks really well written... man I have too much stuff stacked up in my to-read list.
- Sodel 15y agoHoly crackers, that document is one of the most exciting things I've encountered in a long time. I had no idea it existed! I wish it was featured more prominently in the Plan 9 community. The Plan 9 source is really a work of art. I cannot wait to sink my teeth into this commentary. Thank you so much for sharing!
- draven 15y agoWow! I'm currently playing with some plan9front VMs (the plan9 fork from the cat-v.org people) and his intro to plan9 looks fantastic: http://lsub.org/who/nemo/9.intro.pdf http://lsub.org/who/nemo/9.intro.pdf I had trouble finding information on Plan9, thank you so much for this link!