There used to be a Coursera course https://www.coursera.org/course/hwswinterface called The Hardware/Software interface. The course worked through some of the chapters in that book (Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Bryant and O'Hallaran). I liked it a lot.
On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 2:08:52 PM UTC+9, Vinay Emani wrote: > > One book that helped me a lot in understanding how things work at lower > level is Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Bryant and > O'Hallaran. This book is probably what you're looking for. > > On Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 6:08:58 PM UTC+5:30, Smit Shah wrote: >> >> Hello folks, >> >> I started programming as many young folks do these days, diving into >> scripting language (Ruby) and using it to build CRUD apps etc. >> >> As time went on, I started dealing with more interesting problems and >> solving them efficiently became increasingly complex. I started looking >> into more performant languages (which lets you exercise more control), >> concurrent programs and distributed systems etc. >> >> However, I realized that all these complex systems are built on >> fundamental knowledge of how computers work, eg.e TCP/UDP/IP network stack, >> disks, memory, processors, compilers etc. I think it's paramount to know >> such things to come up with projects like Disruptor/Aeron etc. >> >> So my question is rather a simple one, how does one start to get good at >> these things? Did you folks pick these things up from books and >> whitepapers? Where does one start basically? Also, what should I pick up >> first? There is just so much to learn e.g Algorithms, Data structures, >> Design Fundamentals, etc. >> >> Finally, I want to thank you for creating this group, many times when I >> am reading through a post or a thread I feel how little I know and how far >> I have to go :) >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mechanical-sympathy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
