
Inferno Programming with Limbo
Phillip Stanley-Marbell(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 28. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
372 pages
978-0-470-84352-9 (ISBN)
Description
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
More details
Product info
Paperback
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
694 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-84352-9 (9780470843529)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Phillip Stanley-Marbell is a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University, and maintains the Inferno/Limbo FAQ. He has been an Inferno user since its original release, and has worked on two commercial products that used Inferno.
Content
Preface.
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.