In article <fe41879c0909050422s77247280y4fcd7d89a621b...@mail.gmail.com>, Akshat Kumar <aku...@mail.nanosouffle.net> wrote: >> http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html > "Programming languages are just tools, after all." > >Considering that Plan 9 has only two inherent languages, >and its users often push for work to be done in only those, >what is the Plan 9 perspective of languages and tools in >relation to each other? >Is it in agreement with this statement?
It's certainly true that cultures and mindsets build up around different things, some of it reasonable, some of it not, and I observe Plan 9 is not much different in this regard. That said, saying "push" and "inherent" are probably inherently pushing things :) -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?
