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Re:Plan9-9k: 64-bit Plan 9 by pjmlp on Friday June 09, 2017 @01:54PM (#14523067)
> Truly everything is a file. No exceptions; no special cases.

As graphics fan, I wonder how this would work out with modern GPU driver layers.

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Re:Plan9-9k: 64-bit Plan 9 by butterisgood on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:12PM (#14523222)
John Carmack used to participate in the Plan 9 mailing lists

https://marc.info/?a=111558719100068&r=1&w=4

Though Rob Pike might have not been very cooperative or enthusiastic

https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558699517143&w=4

He goes on about some interesting architectural advantages already in Plan 9 from a graphics programming standpoint and capitalizing on them someday.

It'd be interesting to hear about how far along he got.

https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558698816997&w=4

Here he talks about trying to hack Plan 9 to run Quake https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558698416915&w=4

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Re:Plan9-9k: 64-bit Plan 9 by pjmlp on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:54PM (#14523538)
Interesting read, including some QNX and Amiga related stuff, thanks.
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