From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 9b987c09 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 13:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E6F5C9D77A; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:16:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3646B9D698; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:15:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F11EA9D698; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:15:35 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 472 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2020 23:15:35 AEST Received: from relay05.pair.com (relay05.pair.com [216.92.24.67]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 031D39D649 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:15:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (unknown [87.113.105.231]) by relay05.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A301E1A2EB3; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 09:07:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (orac.inputplus.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by orac.inputplus.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AE102212F; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 13:07:42 +0000 (GMT) To: Larry McVoy From: Ralph Corderoy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-reply-to: <20200308024700.GE8730@mcvoy.com> References: <20200306224431.D226C18C080@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <3D1DBF45-AE50-4027-8AAA-6C1D97D28D4D@planet.nl> <20200307163935.GA57521@clarinet.employees.org> <20200308024700.GE8730@mcvoy.com> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:07:42 +0000 Message-Id: <20200308130742.0AE102212F@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Subject: Re: [TUHS] First appearance of named pipes X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Hi Larry, > Did Plan 9 make it sane? If so, care to say how or point me at something > like Masscomp's introduction to network programming? There's Plan 9's dial(2) and friends. http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9/2/dial The ctl file of a connection takes commands like ‘hangup’. http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9/3/ip The idea of dial() just doing the right thing lives on with Go's https://golang.org/pkg/net/#pkg-overview -- Cheers, Ralph.