The Art of Unix Programming

The Art of Unix Programming
Author	Eric S. Raymond
Subject	Unix programming
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Addison-Wesley
Publication date	2003
ISBN	0-13-142901-9

The Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond is a book about the history and culture of Unix programming from its earliest days in 1969 to 2003 when it was published, covering both genetic derivations such as BSD and conceptual ones such as Linux.

The author utilizes a comparative approach to explaining Unix by contrasting it to other operating systems including desktop-oriented ones such as Microsoft Windows and the classic Mac OS to ones with research roots such as EROS and Plan 9 from Bell Labs. The book was published by Addison-Wesley, September 17, 2003, ISBN 0-13-142901-9 and is also available online, under a Creative Commons license with additional clauses.^[1]

Contributors

The book contains many contributions, quotations and comments from UNIX gurus past and present. These include:

Ken Arnold (author of curses and co-author of Rogue)
Steve Bellovin
Stuart Feldman
Jim Gettys
Stephen C. Johnson
Brian Kernighan
David Korn
Mike Lesk
Doug McIlroy
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Keith Packard
Henry Spencer
Ken Thompson

References

^ "The Art of Unix Programming". This book and its on-line version are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 1.0 license, with the additional proviso that the right to publish it on paper for sale or other for-profit use is reserved to Pearson Education, Inc.