From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <283f5df10608101726k9b996far6a0bbdb5692657c3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:26:16 -0400 From: "LiteStar numnums" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] I suppose if there's no other way to do it (a quote from the tcl web site) In-Reply-To: <44DB3F03.4050803@lanl.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_73029_30878163.1155255976161" References: <44DB3F03.4050803@lanl.gov> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9b8587aa-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_73029_30878163.1155255976161 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline What's so odd about it? The same comment applies to Plan9 & 9p: "Sure, some other operating systems have programs for accessing web or ftp sites, or looking inside zip files. But how many provide an open ended and extensible system that allows you to access any such resource using the same I/O commands you'd use with regular disk files?" On 8/10/06, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > "Sure, some other languages have libraries for accessing web or ftp > sites, or looking inside zip files. But how many provide an open ended > and extensible system that allows you to access any such resource using > the same I/O commands you'd use with regular disk files?" > > hmm. in the language library? Well, I guess if that's all you can do ... > but this is a really odd quote. > > And I actually like tcl ... > > ron > -- Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny, To that goal long ago to me assigned. I'll follow and not falter; if my will Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on. -- Epictetus He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac ------=_Part_73029_30878163.1155255976161 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline What's so odd about it? The same comment applies to Plan9 & 9p:

"Sure, some other operating systems have programs for accessing web or ftp
sites, or looking inside zip files. But how many provide an open ended
and extensible system that allows you to access any such resource using
the same I/O commands you'd use with regular disk files?"

On 8/10/06, Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote:
"Sure, some other languages have libraries for accessing web or ftp
sites, or looking inside zip files. But how many provide an open ended
and extensible system that allows you to access any such resource using
the same I/O commands you'd use with regular disk files?"

hmm. in the language library? Well, I guess if that's all you can do ...
but this is a really odd quote.

And I actually like tcl ...

ron



--
Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny,
To that goal long ago to me assigned.
I'll follow and not falter; if my will
Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on.
-- Epictetus

He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac ------=_Part_73029_30878163.1155255976161--