From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22220 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2021 21:35:17 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Aug 2021 21:35:17 -0000 Received: from h2.fbrelay.privateemail.com ([131.153.2.43]) by 1ess; Tue Aug 3 17:28:54 -0400 2021 Received: from MTA-05-3.privateemail.com (mta-05-1.privateemail.com [198.54.122.55]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by h1.fbrelay.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7466080CCB for <9front@9front.org>; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 17:15:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mta-05.privateemail.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta-05.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F194518000B9 for <9front@9front.org>; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 17:15:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.20.151.232]) by mta-05.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 43AF518000BB for <9front@9front.org>; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 17:15:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 14:15:18 -0700 From: Anthony Martin To: 9front@9front.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: asynchronous realtime-java event YAML over WEB2.0 deep-learning NoSQL self-signing cloud Subject: [9front] [PATCH] dougfacts: purple rain, side two, track one - when dougs cry Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk From: Douglas McIlroy To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:12:48 +0000 Subject: [TUHS] Systematic approach to command-line interfaces > Go gets us part of the way there, but cross-machine messaging is still a mess. Shed a tear for Plan 9 (Pike yet again). While many of its secondary innovations have been stuffed into Linux; its animating principle--transparently distributable computing--could not overcome the enormous inertia of installed BSD-model systems. Doug --- diff db251868f681b2d40965f75275cf1613a95b9369 319d45c02284d10bda0a9af23de7c5aaa4f0ad6f --- a/lib/dougfacts Wed Jul 28 18:08:47 2021 +++ b/lib/dougfacts Tue Aug 3 13:59:22 2021 @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Doug McIlroy understands the internals of a hidden Markov model. Doug McIlroy patented macros. At Bell Labs, computers regularly crashed in fear when Doug McIlroy entered the room. +Doug McIlroy has only cried once -- upon the death of Plan 9.