Re: [9fans] plan or side effect

[Sean Quinlan <seanq@research.bell-labs.com>]

You are confusing

	We kept it simple and as a result it goes fast

with

	We made it massively more complex to squeeze out a little more performance.


"Thomas Bushnell, BSG" wrote:
> 
> boyd@strakt.com (Boyd Roberts) writes:
> 
> > s/magic/stupidity/
> 
> The amazing thing is that you think performance is hugely important,
> so much so, that you claim run time of compilation is the most
> important thing.  Then when another system does something faster, you
> call it "stupid".  Puhleez.  If your real opinion is just "Whatever
> Plan 9 does is brilliant, and anything different is stupid", then say
> it, instead of pretending to have reasoned opinions.
> 
> For my part, Plan 9 does some things very well, and other things less
> well.  I enjoy learning from the successes of Plan 9, but it's a real
> shame that many people here have a kind of allergic reaction to
> learning from the successes of anything else.
> 
> Thomas