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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:08:42 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx patch to read environment var PLAN9
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> > Plan 9 is not trying to be compatible to linux.
>
> What does this have to do with the present discussion? We are
> discussing something which has to run on linux, and on *BSD and other
> things: 9vx.

sorry for adding to this thread.

i think the original point is valid.  while 9vx does live in
a unix world, it has not been the tradition for such tools
to get overly compunctious about toeing the "standard"
line.  there isn't much agreement what the standards are,
and they change too often.

- erik