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They speak about bunch of (seemingly) toy OSes but do not mention Plan 9? It's a well-designed OS that takes the UNIX "everything is a file" abstraction to its
by oakenshield 16y ago
They speak about bunch of (seemingly) toy OSes but do not mention Plan 9? It's a well-designed OS that takes the UNIX "everything is a file" abstraction to its logical conclusion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs
- andolanra 16y agoInferno was, in some sense, the successor to Plan 9, as it was developed by the same people using the experience gained from Plan 9 and with similar goals in mind. For example, the protocol underlying the "everything is a file" abstraction in 4th edition Plan 9 is 9P2000; this is basically identical to the Styx protocol found in Inferno, save for the name. It wouldn't surprise me if the author was familiar with Plan 9 but, because of only relatively cursory research, assumed that Inferno had succeeded or obseleted it in some way.