Comp Sci Why is there so much bluff in computer science textbooks?

[Brief-Wishbone]

Homework Statement

useless cs

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useless cs

I'm reading operating system concepts the dinosaur book as a linuxadmin to understand operating system concepts, but I find most stuffs there to be bluffly written. Total garbage. I'm currently reading about file system. Do have a look at it. It feels like authors are intentionally wanting to make things more complicated in name of generalization.

 

[berkeman]

I'm not sure the word "bluff" is translating well from whatever language you are familiar with. Do you mean "fluff", or "bluster", or something different? Can you say more about what you mean by that word? Thanks.

Homework Statement: useless cs
Relevant Equations: useless cs

operating system concepts the dinosaur book as a linuxadmin

Which book specifically? This one?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119800366/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Can you post a scan of a page that contains an example the confusing text?

 

[Baluncore]

I'm reading operating system concepts the dinosaur book as a linuxadmin to understand operating system concepts, but I find most stuffs there to be bluffly written. Total garbage. ...

For someone who learns by "seeing and doing", that book would be a 1278-page nightmare.

 

[berkeman]

Homework Statement: useless cs
Relevant Equations: useless cs

It turns out that this user is a sockpuppet of a previously banned member (who also went on rants like this). The sockpuppet has been escorted from the building, and this thread is now closed.