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In plan9 the two functions are totally split. rc doesn't handle any input apart from stdin, stdout and stderr. The window manager handles input/output and send
by SixSigma 12y ago
In plan9 the two functions are totally split. rc doesn't handle any input apart from stdin, stdout and stderr.
The window manager handles input/output and sends bytes to stdout for processing. The environment is a per process filesystem in /proc/$pid/env/ .
Keeping the TTY around is a dumb move. Kill it with fire.
- dllthomas 12y agoSo... not really any difference, in any sense that is remotely relevant. My point was that the shell interface is a much better UI than it is programming language.
- SixSigma 12y agoWe totally disagree. The ad-hoc nature of unplanned and ill disciplined thrashing away at readline is a terrible interface. Dave Presotto put it best "Linux: by amateurs, for amateurs"
- dllthomas 12y agoApparently we disagree. My interaction with a readline interface in a context I understand is neither unplanned nor ill disciplined. You can throw around pejoratives, but clearly you cannot support them.