[–] nix23 4y ago ↗ Sometimes i wonder how our os's would look like if the plan9/inferno idea could catch on. [–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Android is the closest to it, currently.Managed runtime on top of UNIX like kernel and OS IPC everywhere. [–] nix23 4y ago ↗ >OS IPC everywhere.Just inside the device ;) [–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Everywhere was intended on the context of OS stack. [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ Lol. Accessing a file in android is a mess. [–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Depends on the point of view regarding OS APIs. [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ As a user i do not use APIs. I use apps. And every attempt to save something is an exercise in pain. [–] trasz 4y ago ↗ That’s only tangentially similar to Inferno, and completely unlike Plan9.Even for Inferno the idea was to make the system flexible, Android is everything but.
[–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Android is the closest to it, currently.Managed runtime on top of UNIX like kernel and OS IPC everywhere. [–] nix23 4y ago ↗ >OS IPC everywhere.Just inside the device ;) [–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Everywhere was intended on the context of OS stack. [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ Lol. Accessing a file in android is a mess. [–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Depends on the point of view regarding OS APIs. [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ As a user i do not use APIs. I use apps. And every attempt to save something is an exercise in pain. [–] trasz 4y ago ↗ That’s only tangentially similar to Inferno, and completely unlike Plan9.Even for Inferno the idea was to make the system flexible, Android is everything but.
[–] nix23 4y ago ↗ >OS IPC everywhere.Just inside the device ;) [–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Everywhere was intended on the context of OS stack. [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Everywhere was intended on the context of OS stack. [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ Lol. Accessing a file in android is a mess. [–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Depends on the point of view regarding OS APIs. [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ As a user i do not use APIs. I use apps. And every attempt to save something is an exercise in pain.
[–] pjmlp 4y ago ↗ Depends on the point of view regarding OS APIs. [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ As a user i do not use APIs. I use apps. And every attempt to save something is an exercise in pain.
[–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ As a user i do not use APIs. I use apps. And every attempt to save something is an exercise in pain.
[–] trasz 4y ago ↗ That’s only tangentially similar to Inferno, and completely unlike Plan9.Even for Inferno the idea was to make the system flexible, Android is everything but.
[–] dang 4y ago ↗ Discussed at the time (of the talk):The History of Unix, by Rob Pike [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18417918 - Nov 2018 (47 comments)
[–] russellbeattie 4y ago ↗ I like Rob Pike a lot, but this definitely wasn't his best presentation. It's more like, "Things Rob sorta remembers about the early days of Unix."
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 48.8 ms ] threadManaged runtime on top of UNIX like kernel and OS IPC everywhere.
Just inside the device ;)
Even for Inferno the idea was to make the system flexible, Android is everything but.
The History of Unix, by Rob Pike [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18417918 - Nov 2018 (47 comments)