From: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@bio.cse.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Some Plan9 questions
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:50:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030211225021.21454.qmail@f.bio.cse.psu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from "Matt Keeler" <matt@ircguru.org> of "Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:36:19 EST." <20030211223619.29018.qmail@scsi1.moonshynecomm.com>
| 1) My main question is how much compatibility is there between Plan9 and
| other UNIX-based operating systems, like BSD, Linux, etc.? That includes
| running applications that were developed for Linux, BSD, and UNIX systems in
| general.
Plan 9, unlike GNU, really is not Unix. Compatability with old mistakes
is not a feature of this system.
| 2) If Plan9 does not run applications that other UNIX operating systems can
| run, how hard is it to port the code over?
Some vanilla ANSI/POSIX programs can be ported with the help of a
compatability library, and some degree of fuss.
Mostly, though, Plan 9 users feel like the point is to not reinvent the
old stuff.
| 3) How hard is it for someone who is coming from a more common UNIX OS to
| get used to Plan9?
Not hard. Plan 9 has its quirks, but it was designed by just a few very
smart people, so you get a clear sense of their vision. Read the man
pages on the web site to see what I mean.
| 4) How popular is Plan9? This is just a question I ask out of plain
| curiosity.
There are about 400 people on the mailing list.
(Not counting list exploders and usenet readers.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-11 22:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <matt@ircguru.org>
2003-02-11 22:36 ` Matt Keeler
2003-02-11 22:50 ` Scott Schwartz [this message]
2003-02-11 22:55 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-02-12 18:32 ` north_
2003-02-12 18:38 ` George Gensure
2003-02-12 18:52 ` northern snowfall
2003-02-12 23:40 ` George Gensure
2003-02-13 0:05 ` northern snowfall
2003-02-11 23:25 ` Russ Cox
2003-02-12 0:13 ` Russ Cox
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