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