Inferno Programming with Limbo
1. Edition March 2003
372 Pages, Softcover
Practical Approach Book
Short Description
Developed at Lucent's Bell Labs, the Inferno operating system is supremely well-suited for building interactive applications for set-top boxes, PDAs, palm-tops, and other networked devices that have limited computing resources, but need to handle multimedia such as streaming audio and video.
The first complete developer's guide to this exciting new breakthrough technology.
The Inferno operating system is ideal for building interactive applications for set-top boxes, PDAs, palm-tops, and other networked devices that have limited computing resources, but need to handle multimedia such as streaming audio and video. This book provides a comprehensive guide to this technology.
* Written by the host of the Inferno/Limbo FAQ
*This is the first complete developer's guide to building Inferno applications with Limbo
*Each chapter lists common programming pitfalls to avoid
*Each chapter also features an in-depth analysis of a complete sample application that uses the particular concepts covered in it
*The accompanying CD-ROM contains a binary distribution of Inferno; sample programs; and lain-text, HTML, Postscript, and PDF versions of the book
Introduction.
An Overview of Limbo.
Data Types.
Using Modules.
System I/O.
Programming with Threads.
Channels.
Styx Servers.
Networking.
Cryptographic Facilities.
Graphics.
Appendix A Limbo Language Grammar.
Appendix B Module Reference.
Appendix C Selected Manual Pages.
Bibliography.
Index.
