Books: A User's Report
Elizabeth Zinkann
The computer field fortunately provides several distinct categories. It includes software development, hardware implementations, communications, and configurations for both software and hardware, to mention a few of its divisions. This column's selections include a hardware communications book, an Open Source process book, and a general Linux reference. Specifically, I reviewed: Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols, Second Edition by Radia Perlman (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series); Open Source Development with CVS by Karl Fogel (Coriolis Open Press); and Linux: The Complete Reference, Third Edition by Richard Petersen (Osborne/McGraw-Hill).
Notes and News: Addison Wesley has released a special edition of The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup. This hardcover edition (ISBN 0-201-70073-5, $59.95) includes two additional Appendices on Locales and Standard Library Exception Safety, which are also available at http://www.research.att.com/~bs/. This is an elegant edition of one of the most popular C++ texts published. Stroustrup's C++ book has become a classic guide to learning C++ and is also the definitive reference by the language's creator.
Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols
Second Edition
Radia Perlman
Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series
ISBN 0-201-63448-1
537 Pages
$59.95
http://www.awl.com/cseng/
In a world connected by networks, the knowledge of how those networks are designed and, more importantly, how they function is both essential and desirable.
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