From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:01:49 +0000
From: Bilgehan.Balban@gmail.com
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Subject: [9fans] Plan9 advancements over Unix
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Hi,

I recently read various papers on 8 1/2, private namespaces and the
like, that are different from unix. Do you think these advancements
over unix were successful?

For example:

- The idea of using files for networking, did this prove superior over
sockets?

- Why was 8 1/2 abandoned? Is it because the graphics is much advanced
over bitmap operations? Does plan9 use Xorg now? I think at least the
idea of having a single private console sounds good.

- Having private namespaces means maintaining a namespace *per-
process*. Would this not be more complicated than having a single one?

Is there a paper that compares or evaluates how well Plan9's new
features performed over Unix?


Thanks,
Bahadir