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Hey! I'll be at IWP9 5e this year if things go well. Fun to see another Plan 9 user on here. I'm an intern with Sandia Labs, working on my master's degree at th
by jff 16y ago
Hey! I'll be at IWP9 5e this year if things go well. Fun to see another Plan 9 user on here. I'm an intern with Sandia Labs, working on my master's degree at the moment, so I've got this work I've been cooking up all ready for a Work In Progress report at IWP9.
To expand a bit, I think Plan 9 has potential in the world of scientific computing. There are a few things scientists expect on their supercomputers, and Plan 9 either has them or can have them without unreasonable effort. They include: MPI, Python (already available), Linux compatibility layer (exists), and FORTRAN 77 (this can happen if we reaallllly need it). Check out the HARE project, where Plan 9 was ported to the Blue Gene systems as part of the ongoing Fast-OS project, which aims to find a better OS for supercomputing. (Basically, Linux is too huge, whereas custom kernels are just too stripped down and customized. Plan 9 is small but general)
- konad 16y agoRon's talks last year were fascinating. It's great to hear the truth behind the veil of the HPC world. That they run Linux but then use OSBypass becase the Linux kernel is too slow was a revelation, they don't shout that part too loud when gushing about Linux. The curried syscall system was enlightening.
- jff 16y agoThank you, that was kinda my baby--Ron had the actual idea of course, but I did the implementation. It was really great how easy it was to do.