/sys/doc/ Documentation archive

Useful Programming Documents and Books

Programming Methodologies and Philosophies

Programming Languages

Alef

Alef was a concurrent programming language designed for Plan 9 by Phil Winterbottom.

AWK

A wonderful language for manipulating text.

C

The C legendary programming language by Dennis M. Ritchie.

Limbo

Limbo is a concurrent programming language developed by Sean Dorward, Phil Winterbottom, and Rob Pike at Bell Labs for the Inferno operating system.

Squeak and Newsqueak

(Don’t confuse with Alan Kay’s squeak!)

Regular Expressions