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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:42:23 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Do we have a catalog of 9P servers?
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On Thu Nov 20 19:21:51 EST 2008, eris.discordia@gmail.com wrote:
> this correction: 9P is _not_ all text, but it consists of a well-defined
> set of messages. The idea, anyway, is the same.

wrong.  binary would be the opposite of text.

>
> >> That's wrong (or maybe I'm wrong). Whatever "network glue" /net uses to
> >> get  the host represented on the network lies _entirely_ outside of 9P's
> >> domain.
> >
> > this is a tautology; 9p does not define semantics.  equivalently,
> > everything telnet does is outside of the domain of tcp/ip.  or, the
> > vehicle i use to get to work has no bearing on what i do at work.
>
> In what way is an informative statement a tautology?

thus, if you're following along, your statement did not inform.

- erik