Written for first-time system administrators and end-users, INTERACTIVE UNIX Operating System: A Guide for System Administrators goes step-by-step through the CUI menus for configuring, tailoring and maintaining your INTERACTIVE UNIX Operating System V/386 Release 3.2, Version 3.0 through Version 4.1. It is also a great reference for any SVR 3.2 UNIX system. Topics covered include:
This book provides detailed examples of the most common UNIX issues facing system administrators today and is based upon actual customer questions and issues handled by SunSoft's service support lines.
"Marty Stewart has created a great reference book for people confronting the common and uncommon challenges of supporting a INTERACTIVE UNIX System installation. You can gain several years of system administration experience with INTERACTIVE UNIX System just by reading this book."- Kevin Haley, SunSoft Senior Product Manager
Why write multithreaded programs? Because you can more efficiently write better programs that will run faster and with fewer bugs.
This book provides programmers and technical managers with a fundamental understanding of threads -- what they are, how they work, and why they are useful. After reading this book, you will be able to write credible, moderately complex threaded programs, as well as analyze your own programs to determine the viability of threading them. Topics covered include:
The Threads Primer presents several sample programs of real-world applications, providing details and issues surrounding their use of threads.
"Multithreading can make your programs faster and more capable. Bil Lewis and Dan Berg explain clearly the concepts of multithreaded programming as well as the useful little `tricks of the trade,' illustrated by helpful diagrams and coding exles."- Guy L. Steele Jr., Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Written by senior threads engineers at Sun Microsystems, Inc., this book is the definitive guide to programming with threads.
Programming with Threads is a comprehensive guide on what threads are, when and how to apply them, what problems to expect and how to deal with them when they occur. It is intended for both novice and more sophisticated threads programmers, and for developers multithreading existing programs as well as for those writing new ones. The book provides structured techniques for mastering the complexity of threads programming with an emphasis on performance issues. Topics covered include:
Also included are detailed examples using the new POSIX threads (threads) standard interfaces. The book also covers the other UNIX threads interface defined by UNIX International.
After reading this book, you will have mastered the art of good multithreaded programming; you will know when to use multithreaded programs, how to structure them, and how to get the most out of them.
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