From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Thu,  7 Sep 1995 04:35:05 -0400
From: Paul Haahr haahr@netcom.com
Subject: Why?
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Andrew C. Bulhak wrote
> [Steve_Kilbane]
> > > Which UNIX tools do you use that are Plan-9-inspired?
> > 
> > The sam editor. The es and rc shells. The 8 1/2 -like X window

Es is only 2nd order plan9-inspired;  it's rc- & Scheme-inspired.

> Is es the functional pattern-matching shell?

Well, it's a functional language, but there's no pattern matching.

> If so, where can I find it?

For more details, see

	http://www.webcom.com/~haahr/es/es-usenix-winter93.html

This discussion probably doesn't belong in comp.os.plan9 or 9fans.