Composability, it's what makes Unix Unix. Doug McIlroy and his pipes, that's what makes it powerful in th ehands of a skilled operator. Your system grows with y

Composability, it's what makes Unix Unix. Doug McIlroy and his pipes, that's what makes it powerful in th ehands of a skilled operator. Your system grows with you Possibly a nightmare for someone else to reason about, so I accept that aspect. But every long time plan9 user I know (and that's about 20 I know by name to their face + more I meet at conferences) finds going back to plain old unix a retrograde step. It's like going back to a 16" b&w tv.