{"product_id":"the-unix-philosophy","title":"The UNIX Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeals with powerful concepts in a simple way  Highlights important characteristics of Operating systems and other abstract entities in a new way  Explores the tenets of the UNIX operating system philosophy  Unlike so many books that focus on how to use UNIX  The UNIX Philosophy concentrates on answering the questions: Why use UNIX in the first place?. Readers will discover the rationale and reasons for such concepts as file system organization  user interface and other system characteristics. In an informative  non-technical fashion  The UNIX Philosophy explores the general principles for applying the UNIX philosophy to software development. This book describes complex software design principles and addresses the importance of small programs  code and data portability  early prototyping  and open user interfaces. The UNIX Philosophy is a book to be read before tackling the highly technical texts on UNIX internals and programming. Written for both the computer layperson and the experienced programmer  this book explores the tenets of the UNIX operating system in detail  dealing with powerful concepts in a comprehensive  straightforward manner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985193201717,"sku":"ByrdShop_1555581234","price":55.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781555581237.jpg?v=1770851485","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-unix-philosophy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}