From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] sam vs acme
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:23:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <045701c10997$4a2b7c00$c0b7c6d4@SOMA> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200107102257.XAA00499@localhost.localdomain>
From: "Steve Kilbane" <steve@whitecrow.demon.co.uk>
> All true; the RPC interface library is a nightmare to use, compared
> with the ease of just echoing into appropriate files. However, that's
> a given anyway.
yes, i've used a bunch of RPC. the DCE/RPC has to be _the worst_.
the NFS kernel directory XDR is pretty 'special'.
it's this complex system thinking stuff:
we build complex things because _we can_
much like the story about the tests between the sidewinder and the
falcon air-to-air missile tests [iirc the falcon turned into the
phoenix aim-54]. the falcon people had an aircraft hanger full
of the stuff. when asked what sort of test equipment they required
the sidewinder people replied:
oh, a screwdriver and a flashlight
_sidewinder_ is a great book. it may be military, but it talks
about _design_.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-10 23:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 131+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-10 10:32 rog
2001-07-10 10:43 ` Lucio De Re
2001-07-18 8:43 ` David Rubin
2001-07-18 21:17 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-18 21:40 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-18 21:51 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-18 22:55 ` George Michaelson
2001-07-18 23:00 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-19 15:34 ` Samterm panic (was Re: [9fans] sam vs acme) suspect
2001-07-19 16:00 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-20 8:54 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-19 0:00 ` [9fans] sam vs acme Boyd Roberts
2001-07-19 0:12 ` suspect
2001-07-19 0:14 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-20 8:54 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-20 9:47 ` George Michaelson
2001-07-20 10:08 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-20 16:44 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-07-20 21:57 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-10 16:04 ` [9fans] wily, acme, etc Ozan Yigit
2001-07-10 22:57 ` [9fans] sam vs acme Steve Kilbane
2001-07-10 23:23 ` Boyd Roberts [this message]
2001-07-11 6:55 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-07-11 13:24 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-11 21:20 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-07-12 10:36 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 8:31 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-07-12 10:38 ` Boyd Roberts
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-11-28 18:54 [9fans] Python filesystem Russ Cox
2001-11-28 19:09 ` Matt
2001-11-28 21:46 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 12:24 ` Matt
2001-11-29 5:49 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-29 6:30 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 6:31 ` George Michaelson
2001-11-29 7:10 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 11:26 ` Sam Holden
2001-12-06 16:56 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-12-06 17:32 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 10:50 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-29 11:06 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-12-06 15:59 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-11-29 7:21 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2001-11-29 7:32 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-12-03 22:39 ` Laura Creighton
2001-12-07 9:36 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-12-07 14:07 ` Laura Creighton
2001-11-29 7:37 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 11:10 ` Christopher Nielsen
2001-11-29 19:51 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2001-11-29 10:08 ` John Murdie
2001-11-29 10:37 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 12:03 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-09 22:26 [9fans] Rant (was Re: Plan9 and Ada95?) David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-10 0:10 ` William Josephson
2001-11-10 8:29 ` Matthew Hannigan
2001-11-10 8:39 ` Andrey A Mirtchovski
2001-11-11 1:38 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-11-11 3:34 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-11 11:20 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-11-11 17:30 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-12 10:42 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-11 8:25 ` paurea
2001-11-11 17:31 ` Dan Cross
2001-09-21 14:04 [9fans] Plan 9 versus CORBA? Andrew Simmons
2001-09-21 14:25 ` andrey mirtchovski
2001-09-21 14:29 ` Ronald G Minnich
2001-09-21 15:16 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-09-21 14:28 ` Ronald G Minnich
2001-09-24 8:51 ` Andrew Simmons
2001-09-24 16:25 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-24 22:43 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-24 22:54 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:37 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-25 0:39 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:55 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-25 1:00 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:42 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:56 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-25 1:00 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 1:23 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-09-25 2:27 ` Dan Cross
2001-09-25 2:31 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 2:12 ` Dan Cross
2001-09-25 2:32 ` William Josephson
2001-10-01 9:51 ` Mike Warner
2001-09-21 14:33 ` Alexander Viro
2001-07-20 22:41 [9fans] sam vs acme forsyth
2001-07-20 21:55 rob pike
2001-07-23 8:54 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-24 22:13 ` paurea
2001-07-19 6:14 forsyth
2001-07-19 13:30 ` Theo Honohan
2001-07-19 22:18 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-19 14:45 ` Dan Cross
2001-07-18 23:57 rob pike
2001-07-19 0:03 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-19 3:20 ` Rick Hohensee
2001-07-20 21:19 ` Mike Haertel
2001-07-20 22:37 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-23 8:55 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-11 21:01 rog
2001-07-11 20:36 rob pike
2001-07-11 21:09 ` Dan Cross
2001-07-11 20:36 rog
2001-07-11 20:16 rob pike
[not found] <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
2001-07-11 19:22 ` rob pike
2001-07-11 20:08 ` James A. Robinson
[not found] <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
2001-07-11 17:53 ` David Gordon Hogan
2001-07-11 19:19 ` James A. Robinson
2001-07-11 21:15 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-07-11 23:11 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-11 6:52 nemo
2001-06-28 23:52 David Gordon Hogan
2001-06-29 21:28 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-06-26 4:55 anothy
2001-06-25 23:59 rob pike
2001-06-26 0:14 ` Howard Trickey
2001-06-25 13:29 William Staniewicz
2001-06-25 7:45 Richard Miller
2001-06-25 7:10 nigel
2001-06-25 7:25 ` Matt
2001-06-28 23:04 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-06-25 1:08 jmk
2001-06-25 0:28 anothy
2001-07-10 9:00 ` Ozan Yigit
[not found] <aam396@mail.usask.ca>
2001-06-24 23:04 ` andrey mirtchovski
2001-06-24 22:14 ` Matt
2001-06-24 22:33 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-06-25 3:41 ` Dan Cross
2001-06-28 22:58 ` Boyd Roberts
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