>
> one interesting thing about that example is that if it were done again
> for the Plan 9 environment, mk might well be even smaller, since
> some of the existing functionality isn't really used,
> or might be achieved by simpler mechanisms, or with functionality
> added instead by further composition with other programs;
> alternatively, it might be redone in a radically different way.
>
>
How would you rewrite mk to be simpler?

Thanks,
-- vs