16 Nov
2005
16 Nov
'05
1:08 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
[Minix]
Seconded. I bought the first edition of the book (red cover) and a Minix
1.5.10 (I think) on 360K floppies distribution) about 15 years ago, and the
second edition (with the CD-ROM) somewhat later. I am not really a
programmer, but I learnt a lot about operating systems from that book,
and from fiddling with the code.
It's one of those books, like TAoE, that I would seriously recomend
everyone here should read. Sure it doesn't cover everything, and you may
not agree with all the methods in it, but at least you'll learn enough to
understand other books on the subject.
I'm not sure if it's out yet, but very soon the 3rd edition will be
available, so if you consider buying the book make sure you buy the 3rd
edition. As lots has changed to minix I assume that the new book will
reflect those changes.
Bert
But I like
the book, note I lost my copy a few years ago. Hard copy is nice.
It is. I have the version that came with 2.02 on CD. Excellent book and
reference. Worth the price. Whats nice about it I can read the text,
look at the code, run it if I care to and borrow ideas.