Re: [9fans] How would you go about implementing this in Plan9?

[hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com>]

Sometimes simple traditional apps with stdin and stdout will also suffice...

On 12/10/10, Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:34:41AM +0200, Eugene Gorodinsky wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:34:41 +0200
>> From: Eugene Gorodinsky <e.gorodinsky@gmail.com>
>> To: 9fans@9fans.net
>> Subject: [9fans] How would you go about implementing this in Plan9?
>>
>> Suppose you're writing an app such as a multiprotocol instant messenger or
>> a
>> mediaplayer that supports multiple container formats and codecs. It's a
>> good
>
> You build them all into the synthetic files server, but only activate the
> needed ones as commanded through a control channel or file.  In such
> case, you can define the communication mechanism and may do better
> than with loadable modules, where you can never be certain that they'll
> be available.
>
> ++L
>
>