From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 22:01:07 +0100
From: Digby Tarvin digbyt@acm.org
Subject: porting linux programs and drivers to plan9
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>
>Actually, an X version of sam is available for Unix systems.
>Look at http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/unixsrc/sam.
>
You are quite correct, I did come across that. The problem is
I can only really count on having an X terminal when I am at home.
When I am working on a contract, I often have to make do with
a serial terminal. I even use Microemacs in preference to Emacs,
because that is all that is supported on OS-9 and a few other
esoteric systems that I use. I just find it much more efficient
to know one reasonable editor well, than a load of different
(possibly very powerful), editors poorly.

It is much the same argument as my wanting a C compiler on any
system I am going to use, regardless of what new and better
languages may be provided.. 

Regards,
DigbyT
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Digby R. S. Tarvin                                              digbyt@acm.org
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