From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Tolpin Message-Id: <200403011943.i21Jh12q068203@adat.davidashen.net> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Threads: Sewing badges of honor onto a Kernel In-Reply-To: <4617.199.98.20.228.1078168977.squirrel@wish.cooper.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 23:43:01 +0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0813387c-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > > I do not know what is ESP. > > Extra-Sensory Preception i.e. psychic powers. No javadoc does not have ESP. But one can always browse the documentation and see what interfaces are available. The javadoc generated documentation is hyperlinked in its basic format, which is very useful too. > But limbo is alive and available, and can be tried out under Windows, > plan9, linux, mac (I think). Yes, I have Inferno installed under FreeBSD. The problem with limbo for me is that it is much more 'a box in a box' than Java. This is not a language available in Plan 9. It is a language of Inferno, a different system that happens to have common roots with Plan 9. And, under FreeBSD, I cannot type in anything but English (that is, I need Russian, Armenian and Hebrew keyboard input on daily basis) without patching the kernel, I think. I am not saying I cannot live without limbo/Java/whatever. I am very happy with C, I've just compiled SCM under Plan9 and am going to bring system interfaces in, and there is hugs ported. But I would love to see something like limbo among basic tools of Plan9. Or like Java. Or, even better, both. And compare how good they go in the same environment. David