In article <fe41879c0909070239q1846b4b4wcbd2e28724be3...@mail.gmail.com>, Akshat Kumar <aku...@mail.nanosouffle.net> wrote: >>>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 :) > >I suppose my wording showed emphasis in all the wrong places. >The question I meant to ask was (given the context of the >referenced article): > In the Plan 9 environment, are languages considered to be "tools"? > >The rest was just my reasoning to ask.
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