{"product_id":"9781573980135","title":"Lions' Commentary On Unix 6th Edition With Source Code","description":"The most famous suppressed book in computer history! \u003cp\u003e• Used as an Operating System textbook at MIT\"After 20 years, this is still the best expostion of the workings of a 'real' operating system.\"\u003cbr\u003e --- Ken Thompson (Developer of the UNIX operating system)After years of suppression (as trade secrets) by various owners of the UNIX code, this tome has been re-released, and we owe a debt to all involved in making this happen. I consider this to be the single most important book of 1996.\u003cbr\u003e Unix Review, June 1997\"The Lions book\", cherished by UNIX hackers and widely circulated as a photocopied bootleg document since the late 1970's, is again available in an unrestricted edition. This legendary underground classic, reproduced without modification, is really two works in one: the complete source code to an early version (Edition 6) of the UNIX operating system, a treasure in itself! a brilliant commentary on that code by John Lionswith additional historical perspective essays added in 1996.Lions' marriage of source code with commentary was originally used as an operating systems textbook, a purpose for which it remains superbly well-suited (as evidenced by it's ongoing use at MIT).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049115861232,"sku":"9781573980135","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781573980135_p0.jpg?v=1763796276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781573980135","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}