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UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers 17 reviews
Uresh Vahalia
Prentice Hall, 1995
The best operating systems book in existence
+ Best OS book
+ Great book tolearn about diff. flavours of UNIX
+ Great reference
+ Must have
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Computer Architecture, Fourth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer ... 11 reviews
John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson
Morgan Kaufmann, 2006
a must-have for computer engineers
+ Best book for multi-core architechture around.
+ Excellent computer architecture text- even fun and engaging to read
+ Clear and comprehensive
+ always a great book!
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Linkers and Loaders (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming) 17 reviews
John R. Levine
Morgan Kaufmann, 2000
Helpful
+ decent
+ A must-have book
+ clear explanation of concepts
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Writing Solid Code: Microsoft's Techniques for Developing Bug-Free C Programs (Microsoft Programming Series)42 reviews
Steve Maguire
Microsoft Press, 1993
Too old to read, too good to forget
+ Excellent read
+ Good "old school" book
+ Old but still relevant today
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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) (ACM Press)33 reviews
Jon Bentley
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999
Utterly essential to read and re-read
+ Good book
+ Must read
+ true pearls of programming wisdom
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The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems5 reviews
Martin Gardner
W. W. Norton, 2005
I predict this book will be a Mathematical Recreations classic.
+ A big enjoyment
+ The home trainer for the brain
+ Gardner's collection of puzzles over the years (from Scientific American)
+ THE gift
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The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System10 reviews
Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004
Highly recommended for learning how a kernel works in practice
+ Best Linux book for advanced learners
+ Very nice and complete introduction book
+ The OTHER freeOS explained
+ Very good work
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More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder
Jon Louis Bentley
Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1988
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UNIX(R) Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers ...7 reviews
Curt Schimmel
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994
Wonderful Book
+ Great Book for Linux Kernel People
+ THE book if you are a kernel/threading developer.
+ A "Must Have" book for OS professionals and students.
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Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection6 reviews
Peter Winkler
AK Peters, 2003
Some of the best puzzles ever published.
+ Must for a puzzle lover
+ A real exercise in logical and creative thought
+ A different sort of puzzle book
+ excellent choice
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Mathematical Mind-Benders1 review
Peter Winkler
A K Peters Ltd, 2007
As challenging a collection of puzzles as I have ever encountered
I found the puzzles in this book to be at least as, if not more, challenging than those in the other books I have read. There are no bunnies here, nearly all of them require significant thought, and some need it before you can even understand the problem. Solutions to all but those labeled as ...
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The Magic Garden Explained Solutions Manual: The Internals of Unix System V Release 4 : An Open Systems Design11 reviews
Berny Goodheart, James Cox
Prentice Hall, 1995
The Magic of UNIX is completely explained
+ Good book to learn UNIX internals
+ Excellent book on UNIX internals.
+ Highly Precious Book
+ Highly Precious Book for me
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)127 reviews
Frederick P. Brooks
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1995
Excellent & Highly Recommended Book
+ Software Development
+ Required Reading For Anyone Serious About Software Development
+ seminal classic
+ A insightful book about software project development
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UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications (2nd Edition) (The Unix Networking Reference ...12 reviews
W. Richard Stevens
Prentice Hall PTR, 1998
Five star book on a four star subject
+ If you want to program in Linux you need this book.
+ Classic work - but in series need of updates as time goes on
+ The real power of UNIX is in communication
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Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional ...25 reviews
W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, ...
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003
Comprehensive.
+ Very Good Book
+ This is the one I have been looking for.
+ Competent Update to the Stevens Classic
+ A piece of art
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer ...158 reviews
Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
The MIT Press, 1996
this book saved my life
+ Have you read your SICP today?
+ go back to skool!
+ The one book *every* programmer must read
+ Single most important CS book
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C Programming Language (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software)258 reviews
Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
Prentice Hall PTR, 1988
The Must-have
+ A book to keep ..
+ C Programming Book
+ Magic book
+ Great Book
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Expert C Programming82 reviews
Peter van der Linden
Prentice Hall PTR, 1994
Pure Depressing Awesomeness
+ Great book and service
+ Title says it all
+ Tremendous book
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Operating System Concepts (7th Edition) 19 reviews
Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, ...
Wiley, 2004
Fairly good delivery time
+ OS Time
+ If you take a class...
I bought a used book that is still in good shape. The delivery time was also fair.
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Engineering a Compiler8 reviews
Keith Cooper, Linda Torczon
Morgan Kaufmann, 2003
Depends on what you want
+ Best introductory codegen/optimization book out there
+ A great starter guide to writing a compiler
What it is: A great introduction to basic concepts in contemporary compilers.
What it's not: A handbook for someone thrown in at the deep end of commercial compiler development.
I can imagine a very good one-term course in compiler construction built around this text. After a brief ...
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