The Inferno Operating System (1997)

http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/papers/bltj.html

by vezzy-fnord • 11 years ago

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vital1012• 11 years ago

Back in grad school we used the Inferno OS as a learning tool. I don't remember too much about it, but I do remember using Limbo (precursor to Golang) and liking it quite a lot. When Go came out it was really easy to pick up due to my time mucking around Inferno using Limbo.

nsajko• 11 years ago

Which school was it?

vital1012• 11 years ago

Central Michigan University

rwmj• 11 years ago

What was the exact relationship between Inferno and Plan 9? The documentation said it was "influenced by". Did it share code? Was Limbo used anywhere in Plan 9 (which I assume was written in C)?

vezzy-fnord2• 11 years ago

They're two independent projects and architecturally quite different (what with the Dis VM being king in Inferno), even though the 9P protocol and much of the Plan 9 userland was reused.

Plan 9 never used Limbo natively from what I know. Only C and Alef. Limbo was ported to it, however.

smellf• 11 years ago

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The Inferno Operating System (1997)

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