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The Little Book of Semaphores [pdf]

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Re: The Little Book of Semaphores [pdf]

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Post by rubiquity »

Just coming here to give my usual thank you/plug to Allen B. Downey for all of his wonderfully written (and free!) books. Aside from The Little Book of Semaphores, here are a few of my favorites:

How To Think Like A (Functional) Programmer ("Think OCaml") - http://greenteapress.com/thinkocaml/index.html

Think Operating Sytems - http://greenteapress.com/thinkos/index.html

Think Bayes - http://greenteapress.com/wp/think-bayes/

Think Stats - http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats2/index.html

Also important is his section about how to help free books: http://greenteapress.com/easy.html

Re: The Little Book of Semaphores [pdf]

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Post by pthreads »

rubiquity wrote: post #2

Just coming here to give my usual thank you/plug to Allen B. Downey for all of his wonderfully written (and free!) books. Aside from The Little Book of Semaphores, here are a few of my favorites: How To Think Like A (Functional) Programmer ("Think OCaml") - http://greenteapress.com/thinkocaml/index.html Think Operating Sytems - http://greenteapress.com/thinkos/index.html Think Bayes - http://greenteapress.com/wp/thin…

Thank you for these links. I have read semaphores book and I recommend it to others. Didn't know that there were other good titles from Downey. Planning on reading them all.

Re: The Little Book of Semaphores [pdf]

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Post by fao_ »

rubiquity wrote: post #2

Just coming here to give my usual thank you/plug to Allen B. Downey for all of his wonderfully written (and free!) books. Aside from The Little Book of Semaphores, here are a few of my favorites: How To Think Like A (Functional) Programmer ("Think OCaml") - http://greenteapress.com/thinkocaml/index.html Think Operating Sytems - http://greenteapress.com/thinkos/index.html Think Bayes - http://greenteapress.com/wp/thin…

Ooh, more to add to my collection (and hopefully read!). Thank you very much!

Re: The Little Book of Semaphores [pdf]

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Post by mlvljr »

Secretmapper wrote: post #5

We're currently discussing Synchronization in our Operating Systems class and it just feels inadequate. This looks like a solid material to dive deeper into the topic :)

The only one of the kind -- every other book seems to just lay down the rules and pretend, that it and couple simple examples are enough. This book dissects small and large use cases in ultimate detail.

Re: The Little Book of Semaphores [pdf]

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Post by pjscott »

rubiquity wrote: post #2

Just coming here to give my usual thank you/plug to Allen B. Downey for all of his wonderfully written (and free!) books. Aside from The Little Book of Semaphores, here are a few of my favorites: How To Think Like A (Functional) Programmer ("Think OCaml") - http://greenteapress.com/thinkocaml/index.html Think Operating Sytems - http://greenteapress.com/thinkos/index.html Think Bayes - http://greenteapress.com/wp/thin…

Think Bayes is the best probability book I've seen for people who know how to program. Definitely worth a read!
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