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Re:Plan 9 from Bell Labs in Cyberspace by byronr on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @02:36PM (#26558537)
Yes, I did! I used Duff's paper as a reference, and relied on the good taste of all my beta testers to guide me towards a working shell. Back when source code was distributed via shar files in an email.
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Re:Plan 9 from Bell Labs in Cyberspace by PeterWhittaker on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @04:12PM (#26559820)
Thanks for writing rc! I’d forgotten about Duff’s paper and the exact circumstances of rc’s release until I read LukeShu’s and your replies.

I had a lot of fun with rc....

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Re:Plan 9 from Bell Labs in Cyberspace by byronr on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @05:42PM (#26560737)
It's hosted on github now and still serves as the login shell for me and presumably many others!
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