Lions' Commentary on Unix

The most famous suppressed book in computer history! * Used as an Operating System textbook at MITAfter 20 years this is still the best expostion of the workings of a 'real' operating system. --- Ken Thompson (Developer of the UNIX operating system)After years of suppression (as trade secrets) by various owners of the UNIX code this tome has been re-released and we owe a debt to all involved in making this happen. I consider this to be the single most important book of 1996. Unix Review June 1997The Lions book cherished by UNIX hackers and widely circulated as a photocopied bootleg document since the late 1970's is again available in an unrestricted edition. This legendary underground classic reproduced without modification is really two works in one: the complete source code to an early version (Edition 6) of the UNIX operating system a treasure in itself! a brilliant commentary on that code by John Lionswith additional historical perspective essays added in 1996.Lions' marriage of source code with commentary was originally used as an operating systems textbook a purpose for which it remains superbly well-suited (as evidenced by it's ongoing use at MIT).