From: "David Leimbach" <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:48:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e1162e60807301848n7e2f0f52m5424707ddd02f746@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13426df10807301702i38369688o8633274c9e94dcc5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:02 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:36 PM, David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So is there any traction to use the new platform, or is it mostly just
> > people running their familiar apps and writing new apps for their
> familiar
> > programming environment?
>
> There are always users who are adventurous. I'm counting on it. First
> we have to show "no penalty". Then, I hope to be able to say: "hey,
> here's a nifty feature" and get them hooked.
>
> I don't think that second step will be hard. The work is in the first
> step. The great thing about BG/L and /P is that they got people out of
> the mindset that "everything is a Linux". Once you cross that Rubicon
> life gets much easier.
>
Does Plan 9 Port help? I mean, libthread on Plan 9 Port alone could be
worth a ton to me in some situations.
Concurrent programming for the win?
>
>
> ron
>
>
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-26 18:37 Steven Vormwald
2008-07-26 18:47 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2008-07-30 12:32 ` Roman V. Shaposhnik
2008-07-30 14:07 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2008-07-30 15:10 ` ron minnich
2008-07-30 15:21 ` Steven D. Vormwald
2008-07-30 15:38 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2008-07-30 15:41 ` ron minnich
2008-07-30 16:10 ` Steven D. Vormwald
2008-07-30 17:42 ` ron minnich
2008-07-30 17:52 ` Steven D. Vormwald
2008-07-31 21:32 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-07-30 16:34 ` Joel C. Salomon
2008-07-30 15:25 ` gdiaz
2008-07-30 15:36 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2008-07-30 23:36 ` David Leimbach
2008-07-31 0:02 ` ron minnich
2008-07-31 0:45 ` erik quanstrom
2008-07-31 1:48 ` David Leimbach [this message]
2008-07-31 2:23 ` ron minnich
2008-07-31 12:53 ` Philippe Anel
2008-07-31 13:35 ` David Leimbach
2008-07-31 14:11 ` Philippe Anel
2008-07-31 14:32 ` David Leimbach
2008-07-31 16:04 ` ron minnich
2008-08-04 23:19 ` Uriel
2008-07-31 13:24 ` gdiaz
2008-07-31 13:24 ` gdiaz
2008-07-30 15:40 ` ron minnich
2008-07-30 17:36 ` don bailey
2008-07-30 17:39 ` Benjamin Huntsman
2008-07-30 17:47 ` ron minnich
2008-07-30 18:03 ` don bailey
2008-07-30 18:08 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2008-07-30 18:18 ` ron minnich
2008-07-30 18:21 ` erik quanstrom
2008-07-30 18:32 ` ron minnich
2008-07-31 22:03 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-07-31 22:06 ` ron minnich
2008-07-31 21:27 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-07-30 15:43 ` Jack Johnson
2008-07-31 14:01 erik quanstrom
[not found] <2049e07e918215a675b00f15ee549436@quanstro.net>
2008-07-31 14:28 ` David Leimbach
2008-07-31 15:20 ` erik quanstrom
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