| Title | : | Unix Network Programming |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 784 |
Did I buy a copy of this book, and even this particular edition, because it was featured in Wayne's World 2? Yes, yes I did. But I've bought outdated computer textbooks many times over the years, and no doubt I will again. It can be interesting to see exactly what has changed in the interim, and what hasn't; what predictions were made that panned out, and which ones didn't. (The book repeated the "conventional wisdom" about the OSI model supplanting TCP/IP and TLI taking over for Berkeley sockets, but doesn't seem all that convinced.) All of the coding examples (at least, the TCP/IP ones) will run today (with slight changes here and there of course, or untouched on an emulator). And network programs are still doing many of the things this book requires, just with a greater degree of complexity. And I can see why it was so important and a classic, recognizable on sight.
