On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 19:57 Lucio De Re wrote:
> On 12/6/20, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org
> wrote:
> > Lucio De Re writes:
> >
> >> But do we want a flock of 9front-wielding droids flooding the 9fans
> >> mailing list?
> >
> > Good point. [ ... ] Maybe we should keep Plan 9 a secret. ;
On 12/6/20, Ethan Gardener wrote:
>
> I don't know the hypothesis, but very much agree different languages
> influence how you think and even feel.
>
You know, my most memorable and influential mentor was Daniel
Friedman. I'm not sure I have the spelling right and he's probably in
his seventies, t
On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, at 10:25 PM, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org wrote:
>
> It would be nice if there was some way to translate between technology
> intended for idiots and technology intended for experts. Imagine if,
> for example, every Android app automatically exported its functionality
>
On 12/6/20, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org
wrote:
> Lucio De Re writes:
>
>> But do we want a flock of 9front-wielding droids flooding the 9fans
>> mailing list?
>
> Good point. [ ... ] Maybe we should keep Plan 9 a secret. ;)
Well, that's one way of spreading it, yes.
>
> It would be nice
Lucio De Re writes:
> But do we want a flock of 9front-wielding droids flooding the 9fans
> mailing list?
Good point. Making something popular usually destroys it. E-mail used
to be good, prior to The September That Never Ended. Linux used to be
good, until about 2005. The World Wide Web use
ewd498 - should suffice for a search.
cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/index00xx.html seems an interesting place to look.
And I may have paraphrased Dijkstra more strongly than he would have
intended, but I'm sure he'll forgive me.
Lucio.
On 12/3/20, Mart Zirnask wrote:
>> PS: I concur with the late Dij
> PS: I concur with the late Dijkstra that the programming language(s)
> you learn shape(s) your ability to construct abstractions in your
> mind. We're kind of safe for as long as C remains the base language
> for development. All bets are off when Objective C takes over.
Would you mind posting a
On 12/3/20, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org
wrote:
> cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org writes:
>
> [ ... ]
> It would require a little bit of coding, and a LOT of Tweeting, but if
> 9fans now have a Twitter account... creating a 9-demic is within the
> realm of possibility.
>
But do we want a fl
cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org writes:
> I actually think this is a REALLY good idea. We can use Twitter to
> stir-up mass hysteria about zombies from outer space planning to invade
...
> Sounds like a great way to promote our favorite operating system.
> Wouldn't you agree?
OK, so, obvious
>> > On Nov 12, 2020, at 8:51 PM, Lucio De Re wrote:
>> >
>> > On 11/12/20, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> FYI, for those of you who are on twitter, I've set up the twitter handle
>> >> @Plan9_OS to push news and announcements to the community. Please
>> >> consider following
Skip Tavakkolian writes:
> FYI, for those of you who are on twitter, I've set up the twitter handle
> @Plan9_OS to push news and announcements to the community. Please
> consider following it; and if you tweet about Plan 9 or related topics,
> please try to include this handle in your announcem
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