From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 20:40:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 729E430E for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 20:40:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f45.google.com (mail-wg0-f45.google.com [74.125.82.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08F102C33 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 20:40:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id m15so3306385wgh.4 for ; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:40:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:user-agent; bh=oE+P2ll3Las8EjxCAAqP6rPwWSg94+iG259ure46Q5g=; b=T9ZinHLe3vOdspMrY8RCxR2FaqkQao0r0YFzV5ll1Yj1eWfWz1tdM36Mw6abkpkzQx sKLmGG6O7AorYMNbPtW6wMRlNEapOX5ysm76FBcMd3wWVGHTWvkdUAhrhFwTIDUvdVTu O6dykcJmblb6jS8+RIOVeoj1UOz3kMAZtAaCSUWKwG9JtMKIHe4NonwEZ1VXIH5pUVui Cfok2gAZpHaF4Jh5usn0DsaUuAkFLeZ1uPNe6zezvRar5nNPWAuPq1lOa9kdEnuRUmB1 dmYubz0RGuDWthxviU7BgJnzFRa0Z5YuhPXytR9lhafLH4uJMz6flGIzI0AKSw52p9qj Tv/Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkNRiIFaLhjWCcTa8oecG3upwr/BBKTNc2VBsfriXGddEekCZyS5mRlhWkx0Bcw7bU6/KOm X-Received: by 10.14.211.66 with SMTP id v42mr1545584eeo.1.1402087224508; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:40:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu. [141.213.135.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id q49sm25204176eeo.23.2014.06.06.13.40.22 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 16:40:21 -0400 From: William Bulley To: Polytropon Subject: Re: The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System Message-ID: <20140606204021.GP7535@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List , David.I.Noel@gmail.com X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 20:40:32 -0000 According to Polytropon on Fri, 06/06/14 at 15:34: > > I would say: Yes, it is. Many fundamentals and basics haven't > changed that much, and many developers say that it's very useful > to know the history of today's technology in order to understand > it, especially when today's are more complex. So this book will > probably provide you with useful knowledge. You might also consider this one: "Unix Internals: The New Frontiers" by Uresh Vahalia ISBN-13: 978-8178084008 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu 72 characters width template ----------------------------------------->|