From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: References: <093f2bfe7a9087598e2cc59c5c242eaa@terzarima.net> <4741DA7C.6040304@gmail.com> <5d375e920711191238x729e41aeq1a452c4b5b3c0d4c@mail.gmail.com> <336C9C21-9FCE-4BFC-BDCC-5E22F0946440@mac.com> <3e1162e60711200839w63e1ee90w2b64a6d4622d84de@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4B83C29C-BC3F-41BA-B7E2-A2ED6F59A857@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: dave.l@mac.com Subject: Re: [9fans] 8c "out of fixed registers" Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:58:55 +0000 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 04c9fd58-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > exactly. if you need to use something, complex or not, you can't say > it's not needed. > so if you need to use some tool and it's complex AND you want to use > it under Plan 9, them that complexity is still needed. > I myself see a big difference between wanting and needing. I don't understand: why do you "need" the complexity caused by something that you "want"? You "need" to use some tool: fine, but you _want_ to use it under plan9, not _need_ to use it under plan9, so the complexity is _wanted_ not _needed_. D