On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:45:02 +0000, Bruce Ellis wrote: > Very succinct, and better than I could do 'til the coffee kicks in. > > You could have pointed out that the entire source tree is smaller than > the gcc manual.
WAT!?! Ahem.. pardon my manners please, but this caught me completely of guard. I learned of Plan 9's existence a few years back, when I was finishing my Linux from scratch and was out looking if there is a way to get something even better than a Linux. I've been lurking in this group for quite a while now, hoping to maybe find some easy way to merry the two systems. Speaking of which, is there a way to do the opposite of "Plan 9 in userspace"? That is, a way to use Unix-specific programs and libraries on Plan 9? Basically, this is what has been holding me back. I would like to switch to Plan 9, but still have all of my Linux programs and libraries available. I also dread using any virtualizators, QEMUs, Xens and other stuff; not because I find them hard to use, but because I don't want to waste CPU cycles on compatibility layers. Is there already an implemented.. POSIX compatibility layer, library, or something? Hopefully, something that is very, very thin?? Maybe?
