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From: Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Distributed filesystems:  Plan 9 vs. Linux
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Date: Mon,  1 Mar 2004 12:26:03 -0600
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On Mar 1, 2004, at 11:14 AM, John E. Barham wrote:
>
> The Handle System looks pretty close to what we need.  My major concern
> would be that it runs on Java (e.g., that "What do I do if I get a Java
> out-of-memory error?" is a FAQ does not inspire confidence...)

Yikes, CNRI went all Java with the Handle System server software--at 
least the client libraries are still C.  I remember early versions that 
were Python based, but alas they too have been lulled into Java on the 
server.  It seems that CNRI has slowly been purging itself of all the 
Python source that had been developed there (could be one of the 
reasons Guido lef).