Overview
In operating system courses, students learn useful principles but very little about the difficult art of software design. This volume is a collection of 25 original papers on classic operating systems, illustrating the major breakthroughs in operating system technology from the 1950s to the 1990s. All of them are written by the pioneers who designed these systems, with introductions added that summarize the papers and put them in perspective. This anthology is for professional programmers and students of electrical engineering and computer science. A familiarity with operating system principles is assumed, but the book describes how operating system designers think.
Full Product Details
Author: Per Brinch Hansen
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 2001 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.332kg
ISBN: 9780387951133
ISBN 10: 038795113
Pages: 598
Publication Date: 10 January 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
From the reviews: <p>AThis bookAdemonstrates the historic development of modern operating systemsAReaders will learn not only what these modern operating system landmarks are, but Ahow operating system designers think.AAThis book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about operating systems research.A -- Computing Reviews <p> This excellent presentation of a collection of seminal operating system research papers has been compiled by a widely published and acknowledged authority in the field. a ] The authora (TM)s insightful selection successfully distills and succinctly presents the operating system research ethos, simplifying complex issues without belittling them, while managing to preserve the obvious enthusiasm shared by these pioneers. a ] This book is a mine of useful information that will prove useful to those students wishing to gain an insight into a ] operating system design. (Simon Berry, The Computer Journal, Vol. 45 (3), 2002)
From the reviews: 'This book'demonstrates the historic development of modern operating systems'Readers will learn not only what these modern operating system landmarks are, but 'how operating system designers think. This book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about operating systems research.' -- Computing Reviews This excellent presentation of a collection of seminal operating system research papers has been compiled by a widely published and acknowledged authority in the field. ... The author's insightful selection successfully distills and succinctly presents the operating system research ethos, simplifying complex issues without belittling them, while managing to preserve the obvious enthusiasm shared by these pioneers. ... This book is a mine of useful information that will prove useful to those students wishing to gain an insight into ... operating system design. (Simon Berry, The Computer Journal, Vol. 45 (3), 2002)
From the reviews: 'This book'demonstrates the historic development of modern operating systems'Readers will learn not only what these modern operating system landmarks are, but 'how operating system designers think. This book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about operating systems research.' -- Computing Reviews This excellent presentation of a collection of seminal operating system research papers has been compiled by a widely published and acknowledged authority in the field. ! The author's insightful selection successfully distills and succinctly presents the operating system research ethos, simplifying complex issues without belittling them, while managing to preserve the obvious enthusiasm shared by these pioneers. ! This book is a mine of useful information that will prove useful to those students wishing to gain an insight into ! operating system design. (Simon Berry, The Computer Journal, Vol. 45 (3), 2002)
From the reviews: ?This book?demonstrates the historic development of modern operating systems?Readers will learn not only what these modern operating system landmarks are, but ?how operating system designers think.??This book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about operating systems research.? -- Computing Reviews This excellent presentation of a collection of seminal operating system research papers has been compiled by a widely published and acknowledged authority in the field. ... The author's insightful selection successfully distills and succinctly presents the operating system research ethos, simplifying complex issues without belittling them, while managing to preserve the obvious enthusiasm shared by these pioneers. ... This book is a mine of useful information that will prove useful to those students wishing to gain an insight into ... operating system design. (Simon Berry, The Computer Journal, Vol. 45 (3), 2002)
