Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment is highly regarded as solid reference on the UNIX environment. InfoQ speaks with coauthor Stephen Rago about this latest edition.

In this book excerpt from The Art of UNIX Programming, author Eric S. Raymond discusses the philosophy of Unix, what it got right, and what it got wrong.

The PDP-11 helped birth the UNIX operating system and the C programming language. It would also greatly influence the next generation of computer architectures.

The crazy origin story of the C programming language, and how it became a success with the help of some incredibly slow computers.

Dennis Ritchie, the software developer who brought the world the C programming language and Unix operating system, has died at the age of 70.

Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition Marc J. Rochkind Addison-Wesley Professional ISBN 0131411543 $44.99 Although this book is the second edition of this title, the former edition was published ...

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The book provides programming exercises for many fundamental concepts in process management, concurrency and communication. These programming exercises are similar to the exercises you would be doing ...

Big Nerd Ranch has released “Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming,” a book by Mark Dalrymple and Aaron Hillegass that was previously only available only as a student guide for the US$3,500 Big ...

We're getting reports today that Dennis Ritchie, the man who created the C programming language and spearheaded the development of Unix, has died at the age of 70. The sad news was first reported ...