From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 06:47:43 +0200 From: Lucio De Re To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20110405044743.GE2000@fangle.proxima.alt.za> References: <20110403211333.GA3905@dinah> <946377fc99d55f66708553c16bb698de@coraid.com> <9739a352230f78fcb10629cdbc856dfc@ladd.quanstro.net> <224a2b9fd0b816400c0e5690336df9f9@brasstown.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: [9fans] Go Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c9672fca-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 12:22:18AM -0400, Russ Cox wrote: > The number of people who want to run Go on Plan 9 > is already small. The number of people who want to > run Go on Plan 9 on 9vx is smaller yet. At that point > why not just run Go directly? > All that Microsoft thinking (99.9%-thinking, if you find the other label offensive) to avoid adding a minute, one-off change to the Go runtime? Sure, as Ron suggested it, it may need some additional thought, but we are talking about the Plan 9 team thinking about it, surely it would not take long to solve? > 9vx is a nice hack but still a hack. > So is VMware, but it may be a breath of life for Plan 9 and adding features to it seems inexpensive enough. The same applies to p9p, which is another toolkit that could benefit from providing a development environment for Go. That said, I'd like to make it very clear that I am extremely grateful to all those who have contributed to making Go available on the Plan 9 platform and that I hope to be part of a growing community. The current solution to the 9vx problem seems adequate, one is merely concerned that it may come back to bite an unsuspecting third party if it is forgotten. ++L