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Date: Thu,  9 Apr 2009 17:10:47 -0600
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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] extensions of "interest"
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> Unfortunately we don't have exact analogs in s/w.  We can
> only simplicate; we can't add lightness!

but somehow we can add "weight". can't we? bash is perceivably
"heavier" than rc, xml perceivably "heavier" than 9p... statlite()
perceivably "heavier" than stat() :)

we just don't quantify "weight" in terms of kilos, but we know it's there...