> because it is useful, not just because it is cool
Seems like Pike's own opinions migrated towards an acceptance of this, from jackchristopher's slashdot link [1]:
"Applications - web browsers, MP3 players, games, all that jazz - and networks are where the action is today, and aside from irritating little incompatibilities, the kernel has become a commodity. Almost all the programs I care about can run above Windows, Unix, Plan 9, and on PCs, Macs, palmtops and more. And that, of course, is why these all have a POSIX interface: so they can support those applications."
Seems like Pike's own opinions migrated towards an acceptance of this, from jackchristopher's slashdot link [1]:
"Applications - web browsers, MP3 players, games, all that jazz - and networks are where the action is today, and aside from irritating little incompatibilities, the kernel has become a commodity. Almost all the programs I care about can run above Windows, Unix, Plan 9, and on PCs, Macs, palmtops and more. And that, of course, is why these all have a POSIX interface: so they can support those applications."
[1] - http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/18/11532...