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>what if we made an OS where everything was a file? Shameless Plan 9 plug. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs#Design_concepts http://en.wikipe
by drbawb 14y ago
>what if we made an OS where everything was a file?
Shameless Plan 9 plug.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs#Design_concepts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs#Design_co...
- cms07 14y agoOr, you know, Unix. Edit: Which came from Multics, I know.
- jacques_chester 14y agoPlan 9 is the spiritual successor of Unix, because in Unix: Everything Is A File (except for the many, many things which are not files after all).
- mahmud 14y agoI think the author knows of this and avoids to name names for stylistic reasons. I mean, everything he lists has an archetype well-known to anyone with a clue, why be blunt?