Sometimes simple traditional apps with stdin and stdout will also suffice...
On 12/10/10, Lucio De Re <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:34:41AM +0200, Eugene Gorodinsky wrote: >> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:34:41 +0200 >> From: Eugene Gorodinsky <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [9fans] How would you go about implementing this in Plan9? >> >> Suppose you're writing an app such as a multiprotocol instant messenger or >> a >> mediaplayer that supports multiple container formats and codecs. It's a >> good > > You build them all into the synthetic files server, but only activate the > needed ones as commanded through a control channel or file. In such > case, you can define the communication mechanism and may do better > than with loadable modules, where you can never be certain that they'll > be available. > > ++L > >
