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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:51:48 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc not an option for Plan9
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> what conditions do you feel gave rise to plan 9 that no longer exist?

I think there is a feeling that Plan 9 was created to address
specific problems (refraining from turning easy jobs into hard
jobs, translated as getting real work done on slow hardware) that
have been overtaken by history and the observed progression of
technology.

-sl