Unix

Unix A History and a Memoir

"The fascinating story of how Unix began and how it took over the world. Brian Kernighan was a member of the original group of Unix developers, the creator of several fundamental Unix programs, and the co-author of classic books like "The C Programming Language" and "The Unix Programming Environment."--
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Eduardo Sorribas@sorribas
4 stars
Sep 7, 2021

Great read! I really enjoyed Brian Kernighan's writing style. It feels like he's just casually telling us stories from back in the Unix days. There's a lot of interesting stuff here. Of course a lot of historical details, but to me the best parts are all the anecdotes about how different aspects of Unix came to be, and about all the people that worked on them. I think anyone with an interest in computer programming would enjoy this book.

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Colton McCurdy@mccurdyc
4.5 stars
Aug 12, 2022
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Sean Leach@kickdaddy
5 stars
Jul 1, 2023
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David McDonagh@toastisme
4 stars
Apr 3, 2023
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JC@jacoelho
3 stars
Aug 22, 2022
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Jason Long@jasonlong
4 stars
Dec 22, 2021
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Harsha G@harsha
5 stars
Aug 13, 2021