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Date: Wed,  7 Jun 2006 21:46:20 +0100
From: rog@vitanuova.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc on plan9
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> I like that about plan 9, and I'm very much an advocate of spartan and lean,
> as well as focused and well-integrated/holistic.
> 
> Objective-C and the base GNUstep library/framework very much themselves 
> contain those same attributes: light, efficient, lean.  Conceptually, I think 
> obj-c/gnustep running on plan 9 would be pretty enticing.

i used objective C and nextstep, then openstep quite extensively
for some years. i would never have described either the foundation
kit or the app kit (on which, i presume, gnustep is modelled)
as "light", "efficient" or "lean".
plan 9 was a breath of fresh air after that straitjacket.