malcolm wrote: >On Monday 04 July 2005 05:42, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>Horst von Brand wrote: >> >> >>>>Right. But, /proc started somewhere, didn't it? >>>> >>>> >>>Sun. >>> >>> >>No, plan 9. >> >> > >Actually, I heard a lecture on implementing /proc in BSD at least 5 years >earlier than plan 9. > > http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/art-unix-programming/plan9.html
says "Some Plan 9 ideas have been absorbed into modern Unixes, particularly the more innovative open-source versions. FreeBSD has a /proc file system modeled exactly on that of Plan 9 that can be used to query or control running processes." Can you cite the other viewpoint? >>It seems to me that what you are all arguing about is whether it is >>better to be at the front of the herd, or in the middle, or in the >>back. I don't think this one can be resolved, except that I would >>suggest that Linux, by virtue of the kernel configuration functionality, >>has space enough for persons of all three inclinations, if we can just >>leave each other be a bit. >> >>Hans >> >> > > > >
