The Art of Unix Programming

Notes taken from The Art of Unix Programming

• Chapter 1: Philosophy
• Chapter 2: Origins and History of Unix
• Chapter 3: Contrasts
  • Operating System Comparisons
    • VMS
    • MacOS
    • OS/2
    • Windows NT (New Technology)
    • BeOS
    • MVS
    • VM/CMS
    • Linux
  • What Goes Around Comes Around
• Chapter 4: Modularity
  • Compactness
  • Orthogonality
  • The SPOT Rule
  • Software Is a Many-Layered Thing
    • Glue
    • Libraries
    • Unix and Object-Oriented Languages
    • Coding for Modularity
• Chapter 5: Textuality
  • The Pros and Cons of File Compression
  • Application Protocol Design
• Chapter 6: Transparency
• Chapter 7: Multiprogramming
  • Taxonomy of Unix IPC Methods
    • system and popen
    • Pipes, Redirection, and Filters
    • Slave Processes
    • Peer-to-Peer Inter-Process Communication
  • Problems and Methods to Avoid
    • Obsolete Unix IPC Methods
    • Threads — Threat or Menace?
  • Process Partitioning at the Design Level