Re: rationale behind /proc filesystem? (wuz Re: 2.0, loggings....)

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 21:29:59 +0100 (BST)

On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Michael Neuffer wrote:
>
> Actually this comes from Plan9, a new designed OS from the AT&T labs
> with some of the same people working in the background working, that
> already "invented" the original AT&T Unix.
>

Plan9 is a very bad B-Movie (Plan 9 from outer space) It's actually
attained cult status as far as I can tell, because it's so bad. OS9 is that
which you mean ;).

> It is a beast you have to get used to. Some people love it, others
> hate it for the strangest reasons.
>

OS9, and it's window system "8 1/2", or the proc fs ;) ....

> Mike
>
Bryn

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