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From: Venkatesh Srinivas <me@acm.jhu.edu>
Date: Thu,  4 Nov 2010 21:41:04 -0400
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> 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

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for the Plan 9 environment, mk might well be even smaller, since<br>
some of the existing functionality isn&#39;t really used,<br>
or might be achieved by simpler mechanisms, or with functionality<br>
added instead by further composition with other programs;<br>
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