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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <gwyn@arl.army.mil>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Remote access
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Russ Cox wrote:
> when you have to deal with the rest of the
> world, it's sometimes not effective to sit
> in a corner and chant "TERM=dumb".

Judging by the tenor of Boyd's comments on such matters,
it appears that he wants Plan 9 to be (remain?) a pure
work of art, unsullied by practical considerations.
I don't say that's wrong, but I do say that one needs
to identify what the goals of the software are.
It should be possible to isolate interface "ugliness"
into modules that are entirely separate from the
artistic portions of the system.