[COFF] Re: Inferno/Limbo Experiences

Hi Matt ! Inferno is friggin' awesome. You'll find plenty to read here: https://github.com/henesy/awesome-inferno This series of blog post will walk you through creating a basic grid: http://debu.gs/tags/inferno Inferno's documentation is (compared to Plan 9's) absolutely stellar. With Plan 9 I often have to resort to reading the sources, whereas Inferno man pages almost always explain things in context, as fully as I need. Also, If the 9p virus bites you, be sure to attend the next international workshop on plan 9: http://iwp9.org/ I learned more about Plan 9 in a few days than in years playing on and off with the system. Special thanks to the organizing committee and to Skip and Ron who took the time to answer my beginner questions, walked me through the codebase, and gave very valuable advice. I don't know if Charles Forsyth is reading here, but I asked him about use cases and he gave me interesting examples of Inferno use, maybe he'll pop up :) What I remember (I may be misremembering, so please don't take this as reliable information) is Inferno was used as the technical solution to solve client's problem, but clients did not care about inferno per se. So most of the use cases were quite ad-hoc and did not give rise to publications or directly shareable code. I've never used Inferno more than as a toy, but if the opportunity ever arise, I know I'll do it. I dream of creating an inferno powered smart home. It's somewhere on the todo list, down there... Please keep us updated on your explorations :) Cheers, Edouard. segaloco via COFF <coff(a)tuhs.org> writes: