From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by 10.236.153.68 with SMTP id e44cs12408yhk; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <9front+bncCODLkubXHBDzmIfwBBoEy2RpJw@googlegroups.com> Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of 9front+bncCODLkubXHBDzmIfwBBoEy2RpJw@googlegroups.com designates 10.216.71.198 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.216.71.198; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of 9front+bncCODLkubXHBDzmIfwBBoEy2RpJw@googlegroups.com designates 10.216.71.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=9front+bncCODLkubXHBDzmIfwBBoEy2RpJw@googlegroups.com; dkim=pass header.i=9front+bncCODLkubXHBDzmIfwBBoEy2RpJw@googlegroups.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.216.71.198]) by 10.216.71.198 with SMTP id r48mr689255wed.24.1308740727353 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:x-x-sender :to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent :mime-version:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=Zpz4yr5J1kN3lQuJZkGx7MpBDyQns/drL+CnDEBDdjY=; b=3yb5GWeUZd0QY18kKltXpb0aF5wkl2eT2kKw9ZwHjulDO2JP94te+TlgPjRCk/GXBc vfBCPOUWMiXPcFE0iNSrkJWvNPWxK+8K+Ca2idgpSY26SEncNZSD/xT6s1k5CESLRhhv IVISQiFDkUI8vrOphxaUeSAaIJTHTQOEsWyPA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:x-x-sender:to:subject :in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent:mime-version :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; b=05S3tbFw7x8iqcjXW6SaHzOwE6XhYURlFMhy3XVphfDUSkZ/vJ+TSnOo4jXC7ZH0YR WjjpFriYA15wtQ0Wilb638NVtVgh9NU6RMfUHYMZhvNxZFMmNRrtBCfxsp4Ze3n7+sw5 4V5Wwf09vJX5bHbzlAE9Vr1hQM7av4PSNowt4= Received: by 10.216.71.198 with SMTP id r48mr190353wed.24.1308740723711; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:23 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: 9front@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.14.119.66 with SMTP id m42ls124097eeh.1.gmail; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.98.76 with SMTP id u52mr67025eef.51.1308740722996; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.98.76 with SMTP id u52mr67024eef.51.1308740722975; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phicode.de (phicode.de [46.4.89.174]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id x46si316684eeh.2.2011.06.22.04.05.22; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:22 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of aiju@phicode.de designates 46.4.89.174 as permitted sender) client-ip=46.4.89.174; Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by phicode.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F20740020 for <9front@googlegroups.com>; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:06:29 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:06:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Julius Schmidt X-X-Sender: aiju@localhost To: 9front@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: alternative compilers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: aiju@phicode.de X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of aiju@phicode.de designates 46.4.89.174 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=aiju@phicode.de Reply-To: 9front@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list 9front@googlegroups.com; contact 9front+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: <9front.googlegroups.com> X-Google-Group-Id: 831096995978 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: 9front@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > You bring up an interesting point. Plan9 was designed for Ken's music > collection(Unix was likewise created for space travel). However the > reason that Unix succeeded was that its creators were willing to allow > the system to be used to meet *other* people's needs. It's not enough > to scratch your own itch, you have to be cooperative enough to allow > others to contribute as well. I find this attitude especially ironic > given that, to the best of my knowledge, 9front was established based > on the belief that certain maintainers were not being responsive > enough to the needs of the community. I'm not exactly sure what you're contemplating but we're not going to use 1. BSD code 2. Minix code 3. anything in C++ (this list can be extended indefinitely) I'm not alone with that opinion in the 9front team. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.