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From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 8c, 8l, and empty files
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> Or perhaps, since the user went to trouble of making sure the file
> didn't exist and then creating the empty file, the compiler and linker
> felt it would be rude if they didn't do something with it?

you can call Plan 9 whatever you'd like, but don't call it "impolite" :)