From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:44:19 +0000 From: iainws Message-ID: <01d40739-f0b5-4d05-b1d9-1f455b2765ce@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20130325201808.GB26252@intma.in>, <8725fb40e1e636c212e7603cf1285aca@proxima.alt.za> Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc not an option for Plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 360891ea-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:03:14 UTC+11, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 06:45:33AM +0200, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > > But it's a strange thing to want to do. A bit like asking for the > > > Ford Model T gear shift in a modern car. > > > > I reject this analogy and the implied value judgement. > > > > > Choices have been made by those who had the right influence (you may > > > want to call it power) and some of those choices were known to be > > > wrong at the time or were discovered to be wrong subsequently - we > > > call this history. The best we can do now is to make sure that when > > > new choices present themselves (which is all the time, of course) the > > > decision making is closer to the needs of those who have to live with > > > them. The rest is known familiarly as politics. > > > > What is your point? I need to elevate myself with in trade > > organizations to avoid using javascript? I'm not sure where you're > > going with this. It is a pointless reflection. There is no need for a Model T gear box, and there hasn't been for years.