Inside Os/2

Black octavo, xiv, 289 pages, b&w illustrations; 24 cm. A rare and exciting technical examination of the philosophy, key development issues, programming implications, and future of the Microsoft OS/2 operating system. Here is revealing information every MS OS/2 programmer will find invaluable. Contents: History of the project ? Goals and compatibility issues ? The OS/2 religion ? Multitasking ? Threads and scheduler/priorities ? The use interface ? Dynamic linking ? File system name space ? Memory management ? Environment strings ? Interprocess communication ? Signals ? The presentation manager and VIO ? Interactive programs ? The file system ? Deice monitors, data integrity, and time services ? Device drivers and hard errors ? I/O privilege mechanism and debugging /Ptrace ? The 3x box ? Family API ? The future. Operating systems (Computers). Uncommon in such nice condition. No DJ, as issued. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, very light soiling to fore-edges, bright pages in tight binding, else Near Fine(+).