The Art of Unix Programming

Not to be confused with The Art of Computer Programming.

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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[edit]

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

## See also[edit]

* Unix philosophy
* The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age

## References[edit]

1. ^ "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."

## External links[edit]

* Online book (HTML edition)
* Official website
* The Art of Unix Programming Archived 2005-03-17 at the Wayback Machine at FAQs

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