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Title: Missing pages and Out of Date
Review: This book is an excellent introduction to the Unix philosophy and gives a good sense of the development of the Unix tool set on any platform. Unfortunately, the code in this text relies on compiler specific adaptations that were common with Fortran IV processors, but which strict Fortran 66 and 77 compilers are unable to handle, (Fortran 66 compilers are a rarity anymore). This text is only useful as a reference, but is an interesting read, especially in comparing with Software Tools in Pascal and The C Programming Language. If your intent is to learn the software tools with code that can actually compile, get Software Tools in Pascal.6 pages (145-150) were missing from the copy shipped by Amazon (27th printing). Brian Kernighan and his publisher Pearson were kind to supply both the missing pages and a new copy.
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