Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9

2012-05-08 Thread Yaroslav
> Could you elaborate on your choice of using "sam -d"? Agree, 'sam -d' is not an entry-level choice.

Re: [9fans] integer width on AMD64 (was: Re: AMD64 system)

2012-05-08 Thread Comeau At9Fans
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: > ... >processor bw >> memory bw ==> smaller integers faster >memory bw >> processor bw ==> natural integers faster > > (this is yet another reason that int_fast* are a half-baked idea. > how does the compiler know this relati

Re: [9fans] integer width on AMD64 (was: Re: AMD64 system)

2012-05-08 Thread Comeau At9Fans
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:36 AM, dexen deVries wrote: > On Monday 07 of May 2012 11:27:29 Charles Forsyth wrote: > > The MIPS, PowerPC and SPARC all grew to 64 bits from 32 bits, so 32 bit > > quantities > > (and usually but not always 16 bit and 8 bit quantities) have suitable > > instructions to

Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9

2012-05-08 Thread John Floren
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 2:34 AM, IainWS wrote: > Hi there! I am trying to get involved more with plan 9 but having some > trouble finding resources on it that are all in one place. I have > started a blog so that I can add resources to make things more simple > for new users, and for the community

Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9

2012-05-08 Thread Anthony Sorace
This looks pretty well done - a good beginner's hands-on view to getting to know the system. In the interest of addressing the "resources ... all in one place" issue, though, I would encourage you to also contribute to the wiki[1]. I'm not suggesting everything you're putting on your blog belongs

Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9

2012-05-08 Thread Tassilo Philipp
I love it! Thanks for the work you put into this, hands-on experience is always good. > Hi there! I am trying to get involved more with plan 9 but having some > trouble finding resources on it that are all in one place. I have > started a blog so that I can add resources to make things more simple

Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9

2012-05-08 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:16 +0200 IainWS wrote: > Hi there! I am trying to get involved more with plan 9 but having some > trouble finding resources on it that are all in one place. I have > started a blog so that I can add resources to make things more simple > for new users, and for

Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9

2012-05-08 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 08/05/2012 11:34, IainWS wrote: Hi there! I am trying to get involved more with plan 9 but having some trouble finding resources on it that are all in one place. I have started a blog so that I can add resources to make things more simple for new users, and for the community in general. What d

[9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9

2012-05-08 Thread IainWS
Hi there! I am trying to get involved more with plan 9 but having some trouble finding resources on it that are all in one place. I have started a blog so that I can add resources to make things more simple for new users, and for the community in general. What do people think about this? You can f

Re: [9fans] Octopus viewer?

2012-05-08 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
Sorry, I missed the previous mail. To avoid noise for 9fans, can you let me know off-list which OS are you using on the PC and on the terminal and I'll try to help? For what you say I think that your plumber might not be configured or that something happen with the configuration file after view