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Re:Introduction to OS Abstractions Using Plan 9 from Bell La... by zignd on Sunday January 28, 2018 @06:59PM (#16254369)
Would you care to elaborate on why you consider it so greatly well designed? I have always been curious about plan9, but would be nice to listen a bit about what makes it so distinguishable before getting my hands on it.
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Re:Introduction to OS Abstractions Using Plan 9 from Bell La... by Sir_Cmpwn on Sunday January 28, 2018 @07:39PM (#16254539)
I went into some detail here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16254250

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Re:Introduction to OS Abstractions Using Plan 9 from Bell La... by revelation on Sunday January 28, 2018 @10:01PM (#16255047)
It's never been widely used for anything, so there is none of that pesky practicality to demonstrate clearly it's just the same old.
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