From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lyndon Nerenberg Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F3C3A20A-FB69-4EC2-9221-4C7676D07E31"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 14:03:50 -0700 References: <139640EA-DCAA-4D5F-93D3-0BFAD2C51902@fb.com> <9D4A3907-6C98-4462-A4DE-E8A3A038AB3C@fb.com> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [9fans] why u.h, why qid? Topicbox-Message-UUID: e5292b8a-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --Apple-Mail=_F3C3A20A-FB69-4EC2-9221-4C7676D07E31 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On May 9, 2014, at 1:31 PM, erik quanstrom = wrote: > the question is interesting, but i don't know the answer. > i don't know the origin of u.h, either. "The Design and Implementation of the 4.[X] Operating System" books (for = X in 3 and 4) describe this in great detail. While not directly related = to Plan9, they are required reading for anyone wanting to understand the = legacy of the UNIX kernel(s). --lyndon P.S. abebooks.com :-) --Apple-Mail=_F3C3A20A-FB69-4EC2-9221-4C7676D07E31 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTbUK2AAoJEG8PnXiV/JnUAd8QALquc1OnWLDPiyeTVm6st63n +ZbeNBLBRS/1PKAB8APDbG5zqJFD5hnjNeq61WqxJaeSz1rbGalycX1izcIzy6ET 6DozwZneSyT8oohIFYVV8AfUXlfjvAmdxZRD72mYCPsCw8alzLgcHeRJ5AdZEHCo 2vlUYUtHCPQ+eRFmGexoNUXcAzCA0bQsovT+4E3nriLz3/EC5y+dxu+MJTpJMa50 SOcGExAawIg/kYR9CYY7GNelXV/4FgdqqXtuGZgErnjI5KEEs0JN+QyStw9mFG0v ipF/n5ikM2eKGuQm9KGUTndiSClgAhkXmJHIGHzIY1UfQaLTmNcvW0MEW6ap7zxu jk5W9Uf6lMuOPP35nD2jQV8xZTg22DWaR1JdI2/bZeCXK6pIYhVb/Gx1SaNrCQWj pk4vrGZn38ZYrPuAL5Gq6LWiTYngfOK3RVI85rD8UvucuErdXox5JDzntDQbv+UR M0yaYbTVkqajIlU9Ybq+PnC08yVTBVT2UXjkbz/R0lpjCGCNp+fkGr0KWkbmilvl OgwIh0rar2IeFGrkQjv73nqYEcigMqB8jkKOjSMQtypsLgx0wj6FkWw4iMHRs5Dd vEKu2kNe4OsScHaU4dDx9j2Q3dMeRXagHPdJUm6RQ5HLdJgwHqZZNgbTVIAchHkC kehZM9ozAzqlu1nXzAPm =zhuK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_F3C3A20A-FB69-4EC2-9221-4C7676D07E31--