On 4/27/06, Peter Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an aside: I recently read "The Design and Implementation of 4.2 BSD > Operating System", which focused on the VAX architecture, and was > published sometime in the early 80s. In spite of its age, I found the > concepts clearly stated and on a high level, I believe that reading > the book forwarded my general knowledge of how *BSD systems operate. > > I especially enjoyed the chapter on memory management and paging. > > My $0.02. > > On 4/27/06, js <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A silly question. > > > > I wonder why http://www.openbsd.org/books.html still recommend old > > daemon book, The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating > > System? > > As most of you know, there's newer version, The Design and > > Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System. > > > > Is there any reason not to reccomend this new one? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > That is another thing I appreciate about OpenBSD Unix-like OS. I can read Unix type books from the past and still be relevant. Unlike Microsoft e.g. DOS, Win 1.0, 3.11, 95 on and on.
Thank you OpenBSD! rogern John 3:16
