From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] General question about hosted interfaces
From: "rob pike" <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <20010710182255.D8B1C199DD@mail.cse.psu.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:22:51 -0400
Topicbox-Message-UUID: c4c62348-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025

> Isn't that largely what drawterm does?
No, because drawterm needs a CPU server to connect to.
In fact, the new 9P2000 version of drawterm that rsc built
builds from kernel sources directly.

I agree with the sentiment that DAGwyn's proposal isn't
very compelling.  With so many alternatives for hosting
or simulating one operating system over another, I don't
see the need for another, its advantages notwithstanding.
Inferno's emu gives a different language and a variety
of new things, but running a Plan 9 simulator in a Unix
window doesn't add nearly as much.  Moreover, it requires
a huge (by my standards, anyway) file system to support it:
the kernel is a teeny part of the whole, in great distinction
with Inferno.

-rob