<p>This text reveals the software design secrets of the original Unix designers, showing how they produce software that is fast, portable, reuseable, modular and long-lived. Luminaries including Brian Kernighan, David Korn and Henry Spencer contribute to the book.</p>

The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series)

Computers & Technology

Raymond, Eric

Computer Science

Addison-Wesley

The world of Eric Raymond's winning novel may be the 'post-idea economy,' but rest assured, the book is never post-smart, or post-funny. It's a rollicking and inventive corporate (and cultural) satire -- get in now at the ground floor, people.-Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask  In a world where cash has become language, Eric Raymond's Confessions from a Dark Wood wastes no syllable in converting cultural mechanisms into a well-oiled, wise-cracking machine. Smart as Saunders, tight as Ellis, but banking waters of its own, after this one we'll no longer 'forget they built the Magic Kingdom on swamps.' -Blake Butler, author of Nothing: A Portait of Insomnia and There Is No Year You have received a business card.  It invites you into the world of global capital brand management consultancy.  Prepare for pain.  You'll meet Nick, a hapless pawn in the world of global capital brand management consulting. And his girlfriend Sadie Parish, the first domestic suicide bomber. And his boss, emperor of b****t, Pontius J. LaBar. And PJ's dreaded orangutan. Their story is a hilarious, heartbreaking, painfully smart satire that guides you through the high dollar swamps of modern industry.

Confessions From a Dark Wood

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Sator Press

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