From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:06:35 +0200 From: Mechiel Lukkien To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20090418160634.GF8655@knaagkever.ueber.net> References: <00037dfb4d26b0d653b0c6be36fbee99@quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00037dfb4d26b0d653b0c6be36fbee99@quanstro.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: [9fans] VMs, etc. (was: Re: security questions) Topicbox-Message-UUID: e6207506-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:54:34AM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > as an old example, i think that the lab's use of worm storage > for the main file server was incredibly insightful. > > what could we do today, but don't quite dare? stop writing all programs in C, and start writing them in a higher-level language that takes care of the tedious work that's hard to get right. like memory/fd accounting and preventing bugs from compromising system security. dare i say limbo? just another old example though... mjl