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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:04:52 +0000
From: Aleksandar Kuktin <akuktin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] So, why Plan 9?
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:27:45 +0000, Steve Simon wrote:

>> Is there already an implemented.. POSIX compatibility layer, library,
>> or something? Hopefully, something that is very, very thin??
>
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/ape.pdf
>
> this will allow you to recompile nice clean ansi posix code. compiling
> gnu code may require more work as much of it is rather tied to gcc and
> glib.
>
> getting configure to work (the importability system) is a pain but Fede
> has a nice script which can do much of the work for you - see the 9fans
> archives http://9fans.net/archive
>
> -Steve

Thanks guys. Looking forward to trying it.

Ofcourse, since I'm short of free time right now (ah.. the age-old
problem), I'll be playing with all this a bit later.