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Redox is Plan9-inspired except it goes a little further with some of the core concepts. Instead of everything being a file, everything is a scheme (basically a

• throwaway894345 5y ago
  I thought Unix was “everything is a file” and Plan9 was “everything is a filesystem”?
  • dralley 5y ago
    Maybe so. I guess the point is, the concept that different types of resources need different protocols is baked in, rather than picking one type of abstraction and applying it to every type of resource. https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-10-everything-is-a-url.html https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-10-everything-is-a-url.ht... There are some filesystem-like usage patterns built on top of that which are universal, but they're more limited. https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-06-schemes.html https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-06-schemes.html
  • pjmlp 5y ago
    On Unix "everything is a file" until sockets came into the party.