From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 23:15:12 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <201105012011.06719.errno@cox.net> References: <81c53af1b0f0a1417a25ed9b525381e5@bellsouth.net> <201105011929.41388.errno@cox.net> <201105012011.06719.errno@cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Compiling 9atom kernel WAS: Re: spaces in filenames Topicbox-Message-UUID: dac20aec-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > The freedom _from_ an extra, extraneous, alien environment. [1] but it's a web browser. it's already an alien environment. :-) > The freedom _for_ building a variety of native front-ends. > > The freedom _for_ integrating with existing native libraries. what's the advantage here? i don't want to build a front-end to a web browser, and i don't really care if it links against libc or whatever. hosted inferno is a very good simulation of running directly on the host os. - erik