[Gllug] Unkillable process

Kim Hawtin kim at aldigital.co.uk
Thu Jul 4 14:13:36 UTC 2002


 > > > AFIR 5.4 /proc inspired the Linux /proc which is light years ahead.
> > > I'd always heard that the linux /proc was inspired by Plan9.
> > 
> > So what IS Plan 9 and does any-one actually use it?
> 
> Google is my brain... I think it can be summed up as an attempt
> by Bell Labs to build 'A better UNIX than UNIX' - I'll let someone
> else comment on whether they were actually successful at that goal ;-)

if you can find obscure hardware on which to run it!

kim
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