> I like that about plan 9, and I'm very much an advocate of spartan and lean, > as well as focused and well-integrated/holistic. > > Objective-C and the base GNUstep library/framework very much themselves > contain those same attributes: light, efficient, lean. Conceptually, I think > obj-c/gnustep running on plan 9 would be pretty enticing.
i used objective C and nextstep, then openstep quite extensively for some years. i would never have described either the foundation kit or the app kit (on which, i presume, gnustep is modelled) as "light", "efficient" or "lean". plan 9 was a breath of fresh air after that straitjacket.
