From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60807301848n7e2f0f52m5424707ddd02f746@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:48:12 -0700 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <13426df10807301702i38369688o8633274c9e94dcc5@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_78219_33301153.1217468892642" References: <488B6EE7.3080100@mtu.edu> <1217421120.5036.34.camel@goose.sun.com> <13426df10807300810s4d854612ib7597a9463f7f02f@mail.gmail.com> <3e1162e60807301636h53149a9du80385a3e42a1a01a@mail.gmail.com> <13426df10807301702i38369688o8633274c9e94dcc5@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene Topicbox-Message-UUID: f7ddb106-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_78219_33301153.1217468892642 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:02 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:36 PM, David Leimbach 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 > > ------=_Part_78219_33301153.1217468892642 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline


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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