On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Who is making a spash? what sunk to the bottom?
I believe Brian is referring to his book, "Principles of Operating
Systems: Design + Applications", ISBN 978-1-4188-3769-3.
> I have to admit I have a hard time understanding what people are trying to
> say ... is it sarcasm or too advanced english for me maybe.
If I understood him correctly, he was making a self-deprecating
reference to the book's lack of penetration into the market, and
possibly lack of uptake in curricula across institutions.
> In any case, Where is your OS textbook?
See above.
> Also if you read some of the document I wrote you'll see I cite Lions and
> prior work doing similar things (the minix book, LCC, ...) the originality of
> principia is in trying to explain not just the kernel and the compiler, but
> the whole system.
A laudable goal, though in my opinion far too much text. At some
point, understanding must come from direct study, and not exposition.
- Dan C.
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