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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:04:06 -0500
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Ruby port
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> On Nov 14, 2007 11:25 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> 
> > a good percentage of the stuff configured is not required.  configure
> > spends a lot of energy looking for spiffy optimizations that can safely
> > be skipped.
> 
> You're right. But it doesn't matter. People are not willing to put in the work.
> 
> The go/no go decision for Plan 9 in many cases boils down to whether
> tools can be built and will run.
> 
> With zero effort. I don't like it, it's just what I've seen and heard
> of from other sites.
> 
> ron

is a myth that anything with computers can be done with
zero effort.  maintaining linux is a huge resource pig
and that task is getting harder not easier.  it's just a
problem people are used to so it's not entered in the
ledger.

- erik