Recommended Reading

Jump to bottom Edit New page

andychu edited this page Apr 20, 2022 · 2 revisions

This is a list of papers and articles I like, especially ones with "big ideas".

TODO: Linkify them all

TODO: Also see wiki.

System Design and Evolution

Unix, Plan 9, and the Lurking Smalltalk (Kell)
Design Beyond Human Abilities (Gabriel)
Your Computer Is Already a Distributed System; Why Isn't Your Operating System?

Language Design Philosophy

Notes on Postmodern Programming. (divergent models that can't be reconciled)

Unix Criticism

A fork() in the road
POSIX APIs: Good, Bad, and Ugly