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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Building GCC
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:15:29 -0500
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> New question: when was GCC for Plan 9 written? Third edition Plan 9?  
> Here's why: I only had to change one file to compile X11 for Plan 9,  
> which was developed on Brazil, which became Fourth Edition. I noticed  
> that some software I wanted to port uses X11R6, the version  
> available. My goal is to port Qt 4 to Plan 9, and then KDE 4. My idea  
> is that we can have a lot of Plan 9 software ready for end users in a  
> short amount of time.

why use plan 9 at all?  why not just install linux or freebsd?

russ