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		pmoriarty on June 9, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plan9-9k: 64-bit Plan 9 Go? Why not Rust or a safe language like SML? Personally, I'd much prefer Scheme for user apps.

pjmlp on June 9, 2017 [–]

I agree with you, but given the similarities of Go and Limbo, with the increasing love of system administrators to it, it seems an easier sell.

As for your SML hint, I leave here "Unix system programming in OCaml" :)

https://ocaml.github.io/ocamlunix/

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