Thanks. It is interesting Here’s a concise overview of Pl…
Thanks. It is interesting
Here’s a concise overview of Plan 9, Inferno, and Charles Moore’s Forth:
## Plan 9 from Bell Labs
- A distributed operating system developed at Bell Labs in the mid-1980s, building on UNIX concepts.
- Extends the “everything is a file” model, using a network-centric filesystem and per-process namespaces.
- Designed to make a network of diverse computers function as a unified system.
- Uses the 9P protocol for communication and resource sharing.
- Known for simplicity, modularity, and research focus; inspired later systems like Inferno[1].
## Inferno
- Also from Bell Labs, Inferno is a distributed OS designed for portability across hardware and environments.
- Inherits Plan 9’s principles: resources as files, namespaces, and a unified protocol (Styx, compatible with Plan 9’s 9P2000).
- Runs natively or as an application on other OSes, using the Dis virtual machine and Limbo language for portability.
- Focuses on minimal hardware requirements and dynamic adaptability[2].
## Charles Moore’s Forth
- Charles H. Moore invented Forth in 1968.
- Forth is a stack-based, extensible programming language, designed for efficiency and direct hardware control.
- Moore aimed for simplicity and minimalism, making Forth popular in embedded and resource-constrained systems[3][4].
These projects share a philosophy of simplicity, modularity, and efficient resource use, each influencing operating system and programming language design in unique ways.
Referencias:
[1] Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs
[2] Inferno (operating system) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(operating_system)
[3] Charles H. Moore - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Moore
[4] Forth programming language, history and evolution https://www.forth.com/resources/forth-programming-language/
[5] 3.3 OVERVIEW OF THE FORTH PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE http://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/stack_computers/sec3_3.html
[6] Rediscovering Plan 9 from Bell Labs - It's FOSS https://itsfoss.com/plan9/
[7] [PDF] Plan 9 from Bell Labs - MIT CSAIL Computer Systems Security Group https://css.csail.mit.edu/6.824/2014/papers/plan9.pdf
[8] Getting started with Inferno https://www.ueber.net/who/mjl/inferno/getting-started.html
[9] Programing a Problem-Oriented-Language : charles h. moore https://archive.org/details/chuck-moore-forth-book
[10] Plan 9 - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9
[11] Plan 9 from Bell Labs http://9p.io/plan9/
[12] In praise of Plan 9 - Drew DeVault's blog https://drewdevault.com/2022/11/12/In-praise-of-Plan-9.html
[13] What do you use Plan 9 for? : r/plan9 - Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/plan9/comments/knxuq4/what_do_you_use_plan_9_for/
[14] Playing with the Plan 9 operating system | Medium - Radu Zaharia https://blog.raduzaharia.com/playing-with-the-plan-9-operating-system-e5a29fe9c45b
[15] Plan 9 Wiki https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/plan_9_wiki/
[16] Rediscovering Plan 9 from Bell Labs - OSnews https://www.osnews.com/story/141705/rediscovering-plan-9-from-bell-labs/
[17] Inferno (sistema operativo) - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(sistema_operativo)
[18] Inferno OS https://www.inferno-os.org/inferno/
[19] inferno-os/inferno-os - GitHub https://github.com/inferno-os/inferno-os
[20] Inferno - ArchiveOS https://archiveos.org/inferno/
[21] Inferno-OS: distributed operating system where everything is a file https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35682918
[22] Inferno OS: operating system for portable distributed applications https://inferno-os.org
[23] Inferno-OS: distributed operating system where everything is a file https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/12x6vhc/infernoos_distributed_operating_system_where/
[24] Chuck Moore: The Invention of Forth - colorForth https://colorforth.github.io/HOPL.html
[25] Charles H. Moore - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Moore
[26] [PDF] 1970 FORTH - A Language for Interactive Computing https://www.1strecon.org/downloads/Forth_Resources/CM_ForthLanguageInteractiveComputing_1970.pdf
[27] Forth Programming Language - PC AI http://www.pcai.com/web/ai_info/pcai_forth.html
[28] Programming A Problem Oriented Language: Forth - AbeBooks https://www.abebooks.com/9781983362569/Programming-Problem-Oriented-Language-Forth-1983362565/plp