From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 13:03:41 +0200 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20140505110341.GB666@polynum.com> References: <5366B839.30004@lynxline.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] New /prog idea Topicbox-Message-UUID: ddfe6e4c-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 08:53:39PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: >=20 > On Sun May 4 18:01:22 EDT 2014, yshurik@lynxline.com wrote: >=20 > >=20 > > Just idea, but seriously, why cannot do something like this: > >=20 > > # cat /prog/new > $id > > # cat /dis/ls.dis > /prog/$id/dis > > # echo "/" > /prog/$id/cwd > > # echo =ABRunning=BB > /prog/$id/status > >=20 > > Not to do it which echo/cat, but to have remote access to /prog/new >=20 > so that's an interesting idea. i've toyed with the idea of having > a mount driver analog for system calls, but got tripped up on > the details, and the lack of a specific need. The Bell Labs paper about plan9 talks about metaphors that can be abused: "Nonetheless, it is possible to push the idea of file-base computing too far." This the "Discussion" at the end of the paper... Playing with the idea and thinking about the implementation is probably a good way to understand the paper... --=20 Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ http://www.renaissance-francaise.fr/ Key fingerprint =3D 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C