Re: [9fans] small VFD display

2015-06-09 Thread lucio
  -- Dijstraka, EWD898, 1984

Huh?!

Lucio




Re: [9fans] bug in network stack regarding Ipht

2015-06-09 Thread cinap_lenrek
good catch!

--
cinap



[9fans] plan9 on windows

2015-06-09 Thread Steve Simon
Its looking like I may be sintting in fronto of windows for a while

Anyone suggest a version of sam, B, and 9term which works on win64?

I don't think I need any of the other command line tools as I have them already.

-Steve



Re: [9fans] plan9 on windows

2015-06-09 Thread David Pick
On 09/06/15 16:52, Steve Simon wrote:

 Its looking like I may be sintting in fronto of windows for a while
 
 Anyone suggest a version of sam, B, and 9term which works on win64?
 
 I don't think I need any of the other command line tools as I have them 
 already.

Not that I know of -- but Unix ports might work under Cygwin.

-- 
David Pick
Network Security Manager, IT Services
Queen Mary University of London
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7882 7079
Mob: +44 (0) 7973 379 161
E-Mail: d.m.p...@qmul.ac.uk




Re: [9fans] plan9 on windows

2015-06-09 Thread Bruce Ellis
https://bitbucket.org/mtrS/pf9

On 10 June 2015 at 01:57, David Pick d.m.p...@qmul.ac.uk wrote:

 On 09/06/15 16:52, Steve Simon wrote:

  Its looking like I may be sintting in fronto of windows for a while
 
  Anyone suggest a version of sam, B, and 9term which works on win64?
 
  I don't think I need any of the other command line tools as I have them
 already.

 Not that I know of -- but Unix ports might work under Cygwin.

 --
 David Pick
 Network Security Manager, IT Services
 Queen Mary University of London
 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7882 7079
 Mob: +44 (0) 7973 379 161
 E-Mail: d.m.p...@qmul.ac.uk





Re: [9fans] small VFD display

2015-06-09 Thread Robert Raschke
Typo of the name Dijkstra  :-(

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD898.html
 On Jun 9, 2015 11:12 AM, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote:

   -- Dijstraka, EWD898, 1984

 Huh?!

 Lucio





Re: [9fans] small VFD display

2015-06-09 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:10:34 +0200
lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote:

   -- Dijstraka, EWD898, 1984
 
 Huh?!
 
 Lucio
 
 

search the web for EWD898. it's a good read; fascinating how little
has really changed.

-- 
Developing the austere intellectual discipline of keeping things
sufficiently simple is in this environment a formidable challenge,
both technically and educationally.
 -- Dijstraka, EWD898, 1984



Re: [9fans] small VFD display

2015-06-09 Thread lucio
 search the web for EWD898. it's a good read; fascinating how little
 has really changed.

A mathematician, a philosopher and a poet.  What's not to love about
E.W.  Dijkstra?

Oh, if the obscenely rich heads of computing empires could be but
worthy of washing his feet!

Lucio.




Re: [9fans] small VFD display

2015-06-09 Thread lucio
 search the web for EWD898. it's a good read; fascinating how little
 has really changed.

Thank you!  At least we know what diabolical means, now!

Lucio.