From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Joel Salomon <salomo3@cooper.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Compiling Alef
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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:21:47 -0500
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 From the 3rd ed. Release Notes
(http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/release3.html)
* Alef is gone. It was deemed too difficult to maintain two sets of
compilers and libraries for all architectures. Alef programs were
translated into C, with the help of a new thread library
that preserves much of Alef's functionality, but none of its syntax. 

Apparently (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong) there is still a
version of Alef for SGI machines, whose existence somehow prevents the
releaseof the old source code under the new licence

--Joel

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Conor Williams wrote:

> hi
> where do I find the alef compiler and what is its name?
> l8r
> will551
> 
> 
>