From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:57:03 +0000, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   >   
   >> Wot no Plan 9?   
   >   
   >What exactly does Plan9 get you?   
      
   The ability to have as much stuff as possible running outside the kernel   
   ring.  The more stuff you can kick out of the kernel, the less stuff there   
   is which can cause catastrophic failure when things go wrong.   
      
   OSX started out adapting some of the Plan9 philosophy but it mostly turned   
   into bloat and the current OSX kernel looks nothing like a classic microkernel.   
      
   There are also some distributed processing features built into Plan9.  To   
   be honest I don't think those are really of much benefit in the modern   
   environment but they are pretty ingenious.   
   --scott   
      
      
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