Re: [9fans] Go on Plan 9?

[lucio@proxima.alt.za]

> Skip, isn't the point here that being able to run go binaries
> in Plan 9 on an arm machine is news to most Plan 9 users?

Go seems a little outside the scope of a Plan 9 release and I think it
would take a greater interest by the community to bring it in.  I seem
to recall that Quanstro's 9atom does not implement syscall 53
(nanotime), as a probable example of where the thinking diverges.

It is certainly the case that Go has distinctive philosophy that
differs in place from Plan 9 and I see no reason not to treat the two
as distinct.

Expecting the Plan 9 community to focus on Go would be unreasonable,
in my opinion.  It does not mean that the shift can't take place, but
it should not be forced.

Skip, where in the FS hierarchy do you install the go distribution?
Also, which additional go packages are in general use on Plan 9
platforms and where do they normally get installed?

Lucio.