From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201304291927.r3TJRrDf006314@freefriends.org> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:27:53 -0600 To: 9fans@9fans.net References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] [GSOC 2013] Implement plan9 commands in Go, Goblin Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4b69403e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Aram H=C4=83v=C4=83rneanu wrote: > Alternatively, one can implement rc(1) or awk(1) in Go, rather than > implementing all the base tools. Speaking from experience, there are a fair number of dark corners to handle if you are going to implement awk. Contact me off list for pointers to documentation and test suites. Is there even a yacc equivalent from Go? That might be a reasonable project - add Go support to Berkely Yacc, Plan 9 Yacc, or Bison. Or large= r in scale, to implement Yacc itself in Go. Arnold