From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] hardware acceleration
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:41:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A8A2443.E49CAF52@null.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20939.982115789@dstc.edu.au>
George Michaelson wrote:
> ... I used to wonder how ls in UNIX could tell the input wasn't a tty
> and decide not to columnate the listing, ...
Actually that is still a sore point with many of us -- UNIX "ls"
did *not* automatically columnate its output if it was attached
to a tty; that was added in some version of BSD. A difference in
a utility's operation based on what is sensed about the environment
is exactly opposite of the direction Plan 9 headed in.
I have to say, it would be a real pity to tailor Plan 9 very
much to accommodate the vagaries of the hodge-podge known as
the "PC architecture". Video cards designed to support Quake
aren't the only approach to graphics, nor ultimately the best.
The more one ties fundamental aspects of a system to today's
commercial junk, the less its long-term influence on computing.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-14 9:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-14 1:40 Russ Cox
2001-02-14 1:56 ` George Michaelson
2001-02-14 9:41 ` Douglas A. Gwyn [this message]
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2001-02-14 12:42 William Staniewicz
2001-02-14 10:24 forsyth
2001-02-14 7:44 nigel
2001-02-14 7:01 Russ Cox
2001-02-14 2:28 Russ Cox
2001-02-14 0:45 Russ Cox
2001-02-14 1:08 ` George Michaelson
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