I keep a NFS mount to parallel dev Linux Solaris Irix including ARM. It
uses m4 as there is no compiler on Sol/Sgi. It was used to create 9p
services and RC on all systems much like macros in assembler.

There isn't much desire to port as most programs should be rethought.
Today's programs are too monolithic and redundant. Break them up like
cat/pipe find overlaps and turn them into modules callable with RC.
--Bootes

On Aug 30, 2016 11:55 AM, "Eduardo Alvarez" <astrochelonian@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I mostly lurk around here, as I'm greener than green when it comes to
> plan 9. At some point in time, a friend and I were discussing setting
> up a small-sized computing cluster for small scale distributed
> computations. I was keen on the idea of using inexpensive hardware (we
> even joked about using a truckloads of Raspberry Pis), and plan 9
> seemed like an excellent candidate for the infrastructure. The biggest
> challenge was porting software to Plan 9. Sadly, the idea never took
> off. It would be a fun experiment.
>
> Eduardo Alvarez
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Jules Merit
> <jules.merit.eurocorp.us@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well let's hope someone does something. Mark-my-words is writing
> beautiful
> > code that has already been done.
> >
> > Push a little button, get .hot .chocolate.
> > -- Russ Cox Cable von Shane
> >
> >
> > On Aug 30, 2016 10:03 AM, "Skip Tavakkolian" <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I heard that too (I think the woot was for Go on Plan 9/ARM).  I'm
> sorry I
> >> missed that meetup.
> >>
> >> I've been thinking about setting up a meetup for 9fans in Seattle area.
> >> There seems to be renewed interest (or perhaps it's my wishful
> thinking).
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:27 AM michaelian ennis
> >> <michaelian.ennis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian
> >>> <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> as a 9fan, I can say, not dead yet. In fact the population of 9fans in
> >>>> my neighborhood has doubled.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> And for the county it has at least tripled.  I heard at least one other
> >>> woot for Plan9 at Brad Fitzpatrick's talk last week.  :)
> >>>
> >>> Ian
>
>