W Richard Stevens

W. Richard Stevens (1951 Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) - September 1 1999) was one of the most famous and widely acclaimed authors of UNIX and TCP/IP books.

Books

  • 1990 - UNIX Network Programming - ISBN 0-139-49876-1
  • 1992 - Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment - ISBN 0-201-56317-7
  • 1994 - TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols - ISBN 0-201-63346-9
  • 1995 - TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation (with Gary R. Wright) - ISBN 0-201-63354-X
  • 1996 - TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Domain Protocols - ISBN 0-201-63495-3
  • 1998 - UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI - ISBN 0-134-90012-X
  • 1999 - UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2, Second Edition: Interprocess Communications - ISBN 0-130-81081-9

External Links

  • Stevens' former homepage, http://www.kohala.com/
  • Chalmers, Rachel (Sep. 1, 2000). Guru of the Unix gurus (http://dir.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/01/rich_stevens/index.html). Salon.com.
  • Stevens was not just a UNIX and TCP/IP guru. He was also a wonderful baker of chocolate desserts. His Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies (http://www.kohala.com/start/recipes/ultimatecookie.html) go well with reading any of his textbooks.



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