Everything about Sum (Unix)

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Sum (Unix)A 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: The little SAS bookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Go sideways: CksumA closely related topic
4. Go sideways: SYSV checksumA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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📚 Books worth reading

• The little SAS bookLora D. Delwiche, Susan J. Slaughter · 1995
• Digital planetGeorge Beekman, Ben Beekman · 2011
• Discrete mathematics for computer scienceGary Haggard · 2006

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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