> On Oct 2, 2015, at 4:53 am, Charles Forsyth <charles.fors...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 1 October 2015 at 15:48, Brantley Coile <brantleyco...@me.com> wrote:
> I think he meant the Plan 9 Lion’s commentary, not the Sixth Edition one.
>
> Yes, and that was in the text I quoted in my reply!
This from jmk to the list iin 2001:
I would have let this one by but as the spirit of the great Jimi was
invoked I feel compelled to reply.
Here's what appeared on the list last time this came up:
From: "rob pike" <r...@plan9.bell-labs.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:17:55 -0400
> In the Peer-to-Peer edition of the Lion's book, there is a brief
> mention of a booklet that Lion wrote commenting on Plan 9 source.
> This was apparently during his last sabbatical (1989 or so).
> Presumably this implies something on the order of the 1st edition.
> Would THIS beast be available?
No. Even for the very very early version of the system it described,
it was incomplete and somewhat confused. John was really looking
for a new version of the Unix kernel and didn't find it. I'm not sure
if any copies exist, but if they do, I still wouldn't distribute them.
They are a poor description of the system and an unworthy legacy for
for John Lions.
-rob
No machine-readable copy exists and Rob's last sentence is spot on.
--jim
