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From: mark@hilo.trusted.com ()
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Comments on new 4.4 Design book?
Date: 5 Jul 1996 22:30:46 GMT
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In article <4rhnr0$lef@picasso.op.net>,
Bruce Momjian <root@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
>I see that "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating
>System" was released in May of this year, and I haven't seen any
>comments about it. (ISBN 0-201-54979-4)
>
>Does anyone who has it want to comment on it?

I've read some of it so far.  It's very clearly written.  If you've
been around BSD kernels as long as I have, there is a lot you already
know.  It makes a nice refresher, as well as bringing one up to date
on some of the later features.