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Date: Tue,  1 Jul 2008 06:35:23 -0700
From: "David Leimbach" <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sad commentary
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>    The question is what new function Plan 9, as an OS, defines for
> the end user.
> Plan 9 is not for end users.  Plan 9 is for programmers.
>

I think I just heard the sound of a nail being struck on the head.

I do find myself wanting Lisp, Scheme, and Haskell and all my other weird
programming toys for Plan 9 too.  I believe Haskell and Scheme are handled,
but has there ever been a Common Lisp implementation for it?   Perhaps I
should look into a port of SBCL or something.

Dave

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> -rob
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<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;The question is what new function Plan 9, as an OS, defines for<br>
the end user.<br>
</div>Plan 9 is not for end users. &nbsp;Plan 9 is for programmers.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think I just heard the sound of a nail being struck on the head.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>I do find myself wanting Lisp, Scheme, and Haskell and all my other weird programming toys for Plan 9 too. &nbsp;I believe Haskell and Scheme are handled, but has there ever been a Common Lisp implementation for it? &nbsp; Perhaps I should look into a port of SBCL or something.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Dave</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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-rob<br>
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