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Date: Mon,  4 Feb 2008 19:06:23 +0300
From: "Filipp Andronov" <filipp.andronov@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question...
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> If you (not *we*) want to port something port it and let us know when
> it's done.
sorry, it my mistake, i do not mean that all community should go and port GCC :)

> The pattern of "I've just downloaded Plan9 and I want my old tools" is
> very common and we just kind of ignore them :) except for the anti-GNU
> troll responses.
Ok, i already figure out this. I was not right(?) when start this
discussion if there is no C++ in Plan9, that there are some reasons
for that :)

Thanks to all, i'm really sorry if i disturb anyone with this discasion ))


2008/2/4, Alf <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk>:
> Hi,
> > if we
> > couldn't port GCC because it very big job (any other reason?), maybe
> > we could port some other compiler with liberal enough licence?
> >
> >
> If you (not *we*) want to port something port it and let us know when
> it's done.
> The process goes like this :
>     "I've done some working code for my XXXX C++ port, it's in my
> contrib directory if someone wants to have a go with it"
>
> > I'm asking because C++ is very popular language,
> This is Plan 9, popularity isn't very high on the list.
>
> The reason there is no native C++ compiler is because of it's *lack* of
> popularity in the Plan 9 community, both historically and currently.
>
> The pattern of "I've just downloaded Plan9 and I want my old tools" is
> very common and we just kind of ignore them :) except for the anti-GNU
> troll responses.
>
> You'll (eventually) notice that *most* of the long time Plan 9 users
> don't even join in the discussion, no doubt smiling a "seen it all
> before" smile before pressing Del
>
>
>
>
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