Re: [9fans] Les Misérables

[hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:28 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>>
>> I seem to remember Mjl, the author if the inferno ircfs, wrote an
>> ircfs for Plan 9 ages ago. Still, seems like a total waste of time
>> when you have a perfectly fine one in limbo, which is a much more
>> convenient language for building such a thing anyway.
>>
>
> the op said he was running plan 9.  if we take that as a
> reasonable thing to be doing, then it makes sense to
> want to run native plan 9 programs for a number of
> reasons.  first, if the op doesn't have any inferno running
> already, he doesn't need to install and figure out how
> to run it.  not that this is hard, but it is important to
> admit this is an extra step.  once installed, plan 9 tools
> like ps and  kill won't work on inferno procs.  so one
> need to either deal with the disconnect or write some
> scripts to make it less evident.
>
> none of this is specific to plan 9 and inferno.  the same
> could be said using bsd and 9vx or linux and a browser
> running browser procs.
>
> so, since an ircfs is not a huge project, i don't think
> it's unreasonable to write one for plan 9.  it's what i
> would do.
>
> - erik
>
>

Yeah, I think your arguments make perfectly sense.
I would still be interested to know whether Akshat had the same
thoughts in mind:)