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From: Matthew Swank <akopa@comcast.net>
To: rsc@swtch.com, lucio@proxima.alt.za, 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Subject: [9fans] alef compiler
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I've had an idea percolating in my head for some time now. For the past
couple of years I've been trying to figure out a way use Alef on *nix.
I had hoped that Bell Labs might open source the compiler and runtime
environment since it is obviously abandon-ware, but that doesn't seem
likely to happen. A couple of recent events has made me think more and
more about writing my own open-source Alef: the free-software license
that the current edition of Plan 9 is under, and the excellent progress
that Russ Cox et al have made in porting the plan9 libs and build
environment to *nix. My question is what resources are available about
the Alef libraries/run-time environment that don't violate the 2nd
Edition license agreement?

Thanks,

Matthew Swank
akopa@comcast.net

not an expert, just a frustrated hobbyist