Limbo is a programming language designed for the Inferno network operating system (NOS) from Lucent Technologies. Its syntax is influenced by C & Pascal. It is type-safe, and supports standard data types common to them, and several higher-level types: lists, tuples, strings, dynamic arrays, simple abstract data types. Inferno OS@ (3) 1. A Descent into Limbo - Article by Brian W. Kernighan. 2. An Analysis of Inferno and Limbo - By Kim Nyberg. Paper presents, discusses, compares Inferno network OS and its Limbo language: history, precedents, motives, goals, main features; similarities, differences to Java OS, Java. Bibliography. Helsinki University of Technology. 3. Programming in Limbo - In BYTE Magazine, sec. Core Technologies. 4. 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall - Limbo version. 5. Limbo Manual - Language definition (January 1997).

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