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Date: Sun,  4 May 2008 09:57:58 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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Subject: Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9
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> Just out of curiosity, why did alef die, or are some of you
> still using it?

A victim of rationalisation and reality: maintaining separate
libraries for two languages is a luxury Plan 9 colud no longer afford,
if I understood the rationale at the time.

++L