Hello fellow 9fans! I'm currently trying to learn limbo programming for fun and profit. I'm experienced in java and other languages, but I'd like to learn limbo because I want to (wait for it, drumroll please!) build a distributed agent-based system. The agents themselves aren't anything complicated; I've already written a prototype in java. However, limbo offers a vastly superior communications system than java (and windows for that matter), so I believe inferno is going to be a great choice in the desired platform. However, first thing's first, is learning the language. So, I'm reading "A descent into Limbo." And the first program example runs fine. However, the second, the graphical hello world, does not. I'm having a problem with the line:
t := tk->toplevel(ctxt.screen ""); The compiler is telling me that screen isn't a reference of ctxt, and it expected display instead. But if I change the reference from context to display, well... It will compile and run, but I don't get a button. The example pictures show a different inferno button than what is in the current version, so maybe it's an outdated example? Or is ctxt really the author telling me "don't copy and paste, think about what goes here!" Because I'm finding those hinted in other example codes as well. So, if there are any limbo programmers out there, would you mind giving me a hand? Thanks!
