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Limbo (programming language)

Limbo is a programming language for writing distributed systems and is the language used to write applications for the Inferno operating system. It was designed at Bell Labs by Sean Dorward, Phil Winterbottom, and Rob Pike.

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Designed by
Sean Dorward, Phil Winterbottom, Rob Pike
Developer
Historic: Bell Labs, Vita Nuova Holdings Current: Terzarima Systems, Inferno64 Project
First appeared
1995; 31 years ago (1995)
License
MIT License
OS
Inferno
Paradigm
Concurrent

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Limbo (programming language)

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Edges40
Triples8
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
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Limbo (programming language)

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Designed by · 1
Limbo (programming language) → Sean Dorward, Phil Winterbottom, Rob Pike
Developer · 1
Limbo (programming language) → Historic: Bell Labs, Vita Nuova Holdings Current: Terzarima Systems, Inferno64 Project
First appeared · 1
Limbo (programming language) → 1995; 31 years ago (1995)
License · 1
Limbo (programming language) → MIT License
OS · 1
Limbo (programming language) → Inferno
Paradigm · 1
Limbo (programming language) → Concurrent
Typing discipline · 1
Limbo (programming language) → Strong
Website · 1
Limbo (programming language) → github.com/inferno-os/inferno-os/tree/master/doc/limbo

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Limbo (programming language)Designed bySean Dorward, Phil Winterbottom, Rob Pike1.00infobox
Limbo (programming language)DeveloperHistoric: Bell Labs, Vita Nuova Holdings Current: Terzarima Systems, Inferno64 Project1.00infobox
Limbo (programming language)First appeared1995; 31 years ago (1995)1.00infobox
Limbo (programming language)LicenseMIT License1.00infobox
Limbo (programming language)OSInferno1.00infobox
Limbo (programming language)ParadigmConcurrent1.00infobox
Limbo (programming language)Typing disciplineStrong1.00infobox
Limbo (programming language)Websitegithub.com/inferno-os/inferno-os/tree/master/doc/limbo1.00infobox

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