> Also, I've realized nobody in Unix understands Plan 9.  It took
> me a while.

It's a deceptive situation, somewhat similar to infix versus postfix
calculators.  After all, both of them have + and - buttons.  "But
where's =?" "There's not supposed to be an =."  "Why would anybody
want to learn how to use a calculator that doesn't have =?".

> The worst thing ever done was to say that in Plan 9, 'everything 
> is a file'.  It's not.

I try to say "Everything is a small file *system*" but it's hard
to remember every time.

Dave Eckhardt

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