Re: [OT] OS Design Book Recommendations
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Barry deFreese wrote:
> I was wondering since you were all so helpful about my earlier
> programming questions if you wouldn't mind a question about Operating
> System books. I am currently considering the following:
>
> Operating System Concepts - 6th Edition Abraham Silberschatz, et al.
> Mentioned often but not reviewed that highly
If this is the one I'm thinking of (Galvin is the other author, right, with
dinosaurs on the cover?) I used it for my intro to OS course. Not bad on
the general concepts part - describes all the usual algorithms in fair
detail and quite clearly - but I thought their review of a couple of OSen
needed some serious work. I had the 4th ed. (I think) so maybe they cleaned
that bit up since then.
> Modern Operating Systems - 2nd Edition Andrew Tanenbaum. Well reviewed.
Tanenbaum is a leading author in the field (as well as network theory). I
wouldn't discount this book in a hurry. Does it have the OS reviews in it,
though?
> Applied Operating System Concepts Abraham Siblerschatz, et al.
This might have more of the practical stuff you're after. Dunno, never read
it.
HTH.
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