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0 pointsmalandrew13y ago0 comments

Interestingly you can say the same about Rust and Servo. After all the browser is essentially becoming an operating system with an entirely different trust model.

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jacques_chester13y ago

I wonder if we can include Go here? I understand that it's a descendent of Limbo, which was developed as part of Plan 9.

jff13y ago

Go is very similar to Limbo. Seriously, really similar, because some of the same people wrote both.

Limbo is a programming language that compiles to instructions for the Dis VM, which is what runs the Inferno operating system.

Inferno came about as a way to use some of the good ideas from Plan 9 in other devices, such as telephones and set-top boxes.

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