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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
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On 2005-03-24 13:22, Marius N?nnerich <marius.nuennerich@gmx.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:17:56 +0200
>Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>> The book is absolutely fabulous!  Watch out for the details though and
>> keep in mind that you many find it nice to have a FreeBSD source tree
>> nearby, just for the fun of browsing the source itself too while you
>> read.
>
> Is there much difference to "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD
> Operating System"? I have already read that, and don't know if the new
> book is just the same with a few parts updated?

The 4.4BSD edition was written for 4.4BSD.  It still has some value for
people who are interested in the design & implementation details of that
system.  A lot has changed in the FreeBSD codebase since then, though.

So, yes, there are differences.