> The other matter is, of course, that you and Rob Pike wouldn't agree on what is a better OS: Pike's vision likely hews closer to Plan 9, a system that you would likely find too close to Unix.
Actually we are quite in sync there, as the latest version of Plan 9 was actually Inferno with Limbo as the main programming language for the user space layer.
And Plan 9, specially ACME, has quite a few Oberon influences as well.
Right now, the only thing I mostly disagree with him are some of the design decisions regarding Go.
Really? I'm quite shocked... Oh. Wait, it's because I keep confusing you with lispm. He would find plan9 lacking, you wouldn't. This makes sense.
bangs head on wall
ACME was cool. It's not quite enough to make me switch from emacs, especially stripped from the plan 9 environment, but it's enough to make me drool with envy, especially over the structured regexes and powerful piping tools.
Well, I know what my summer Elisp project is.
>only thing I mostly disagree with him are some of the design decisions regarding Go.
Frankly, I'm not shocked. Nobody I know that has similar opinions to you likes Go, and I can understand why.
As a Schemer, I can respect minimalism in design: The question is whether Go chose the right ideas to implement/not implement. The jury is still out, but it seems to be leaning toward no.
Actually we are quite in sync there, as the latest version of Plan 9 was actually Inferno with Limbo as the main programming language for the user space layer.
And Plan 9, specially ACME, has quite a few Oberon influences as well.
Right now, the only thing I mostly disagree with him are some of the design decisions regarding Go.