Devil Book
<publication> "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating
System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and
John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1).
The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the
cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in
sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features
of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
[Jargon File]
(1996-12-03)
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