From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <980ee91d4f1b0c72bfc327e55319e867@proxima.alt.za> References: <980ee91d4f1b0c72bfc327e55319e867@proxima.alt.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Pietro Gagliardi Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 09:10:02 -0500 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 41f07f9a-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 No one remembers the Windows development tools! Actually, I have a clear memory of Visual Studio 2005 Express, as I used to develop in C#. That system was one of the (cough - only - cough) good things Microsoft made. On Feb 3, 2008, at 7:49 AM, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote: >> So if i want port some big linux application to Plan9 i need start >> new >> project and copy parts of code from original one. From one side it is >> sad, because it's very ugly development model (for example if >> original >> project will be update, i need update my project too, so there are >> two >> "targets" for every update). On another hand i could concentrate on >> new Pla9 techniques and create more powerful analogous of linux >> software. > > Eventually, you'd think the autotools will fade, but reality sometimes > turns out illogical. I think the "Plan 9 Way" will only become > dominant if there is a major change to the present status. > > Strangely, no one criticises the Windows development tools... > > ++L >