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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=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 51546070 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 13:25:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 92F099D78E; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:25:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D72A9D698; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:25:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6AD909D698; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:25:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E5B49D649 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:25:21 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 028DPH0M009476 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 8 Mar 2020 07:25:17 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 028DPGEg009475; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 07:25:16 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202003081325.028DPGEg009475@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 07:25:16 -0600 To: ralph@inputplus.co.uk, lm@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> <20200308130742.0AE102212F@orac.inputplus.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20200308130742.0AE102212F@orac.inputplus.co.uk> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Ralph Corderoy wrote: > 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. But more than that is that all files are served via the 9P protocol, even local ones. This is a great intro to Plan 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m3GuoaxRNM Just over an hour and a quarter, but well worth the time. Arnold