POSIX.4: Programming for the Real World
By Bill Gallmeister
570 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-074-0, $29.95 (US)

We have just released this book covering the POSIX.4 standard for portable
real-time programming.  The POSIX.4 standard itself is a massive document
that defines system interfaces for asynchronous I/O, scheduling,
communications, and other facilities.  However, this book does more than
explain the standard.  It provides a general introduction to real-time
programming and real-time issues: the problems software faces when it
needs to interact with the real world and how to solve them.  And, unlike
most books about standards, this one isn't just readable -- it's
enjoyable!  If you're at all interested in real-time applications -- which
include just about everything from telemetry to transation processing --
this book will be an essential reference.

Chapters include:

  - The Basics of Real-Time:  Multiple Tasks
  - Better Coordination:  Messages, Shared Memory, and Synchronization
  - On Time:  Scheduling, Time, and Memory Locking
  - I/O for the Real World
  - Measuring Real-Time Performance

Includes programming exercises, solutions, and reference manual pages.

Author Bill O. Gallmeister initially trained in BSD code at Valid Logic
Systems and Sun Microsystems. At Lynx Real-Time Systems, he developed the
first complete implementation of POSIX.4 and POSIX.4a threads. During this
time, he was vice-chair of POSIX.4.  He can now be found at First Virtual
Corporation, doing high-velocity file system work for a networked monster
multimedia machine.
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