From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3D1B485B.BA3DDE98@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3D1B2C5B.E87FB311@null.net>, Subject: Re: [9fans] dumb question Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:44:33 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: bd1dc334-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Sam wrote: > That'll be the day, when a full development system runs on an 8-bit > part. I didn't say anything about an 8-bit part. But certainly a more powerful embedded processor can support reasonable operating systems. > Why port plan9 when you can write your own? Why buy a car when you can build your own? > Call me crazy, but it sounds like what you need isn't plan9, it's inferno. Inferno doesn't work due to forcing an interpretive language; small systems often can't spare the cycles. Even if they can, cycles may translate to battery usage, so it's still an issue.