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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] the declaration of main()
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:25:49 +0000
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Dan Cross wrote:
> ...  The other part of the equation, and one which I think Doug is
> addressing is, ``is the APE sufficient for writing software to port
> to other systems?''

I agree with the rest of Dan's posting.  My concern is more for
bringing existing useful tools into Plan 9.  Often these have the
form of library functions that link with the Standard C library,
but one would want to use them in the native Plan 9 environment as
well as for APE applications.  Therefore, conflicts between these
environments cause very real problems in making effective use of
Plan 9 as a base for work on new things (i.e. research).