Many moons ago, back in 1978, this book started me on the road of computer programming, which has been my livelihood for many a year now.

Although the information contained is severely dated, with many references to teletype terminals, time-sharing mainframes, acoustic couplers and paper tape readers, the concepts are sound, and anyone wishing to enter the world of computer programming will do well with a read through this book.

The information is logically laid out and there are plenty of "real-life" analogies to aid in the comprehension of the concepts portrayed; yet the amount of information provided, and the format it is provided in, allow a more confident reader to extract the information they need without being burdened by oversimplification.

Unless the BASIC language is completely phased out (which is highly unlikely considering it's Microsoft's "language of choice"), this book will remain a timeless classic in being the perfect foundation for any budding programmer.

This i believe is one of the best Juniper reference books i have come across. I have read and used within my job the complete reference by Matt Kolon and Jeff Doyle, aswell as other books. However this reference guide seems to cover the essential aspects of the more upto date Junos versions.
This is an excellent book that is well presented and easy to read, which has to be the killing point, i found the book written as if i where actually speaking to some of the people i know at Juniper through my company.
I passed my JNCIS by this book, I am recommending this book to all my friends who are scattered across various ISP's in the european region that have also implemented Juniper at the amsterdam internet exchange, london internet exchange etc across europe..