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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: [9fans]  unknown error message
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:46:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20d109f0282a31f9707bb70db11c0864@kw.quanstro.net> (raw)

> Thanks, that's what I was curious about. shoulda grepped but figured
> one of you would know off the top of your head. :)

is posting to 9fans now easier than grep?

probablly not.  recently i've been working with a
few non-plan 9 guys, and the ones that take the
time to look at the system are at first appalled
by the simplicity.  that's it?  really, that's it.  i've
learned to ignore that.  inevitably, a question
similar to this thread comes up.  how to i find xyz.
i get xyz error message.  well, g xyz /sys/src.
that's it?  really, that's it.

i think the complexity of most systems can knock
one of one's rhythm and forget that it can be
as appalingly simple as grep.

plan 9 is fairly unique in that it's a system one can
reasonablly hope to understand by reading the source.
that's it?  really, that's it.

- erik



             reply	other threads:[~2010-06-14  2:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-14  2:46 erik quanstrom [this message]
2010-06-14  8:53 ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2010-06-14 13:38 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-06-12 21:42 Mathieu Lonjaret
2010-06-12 22:43 ` ron minnich
2010-06-13  3:35 ` erik quanstrom
2010-06-13 10:08   ` Mathieu Lonjaret

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