On 11/9/22, fig <type9fr...@gmail.com> wrote: > sirjofri, thank you for the reply. don’t be sorry for the long response, i > greatly appreciate it. when i was told plan 9 is built on only a few > principles and basic abstractions, that was spot on. > If you read the early Plan 9 documentation, you'll discover that originally what is affectionately know as Ken's server was dedicated to file serving and Internet routing. Today, that may no longer be the best approach, for various reasons, but it seems right to understand how Plan 9 evolved as there may be important lessons in its history.
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