Plan 9 design

A reflection on Plan 9’s design philosophy through Ron Minnich’s quote, highlighting the operating system’s commitment to universal feature implementation without special cases.
Published

January 28, 2024

An interesting quote from Ron Minnich about Plan 9’s design:

On Plan 9, the rule tends to be: if feature(X) can’t be implemented in a way that works for everything, don’t do it. No special cases allowed;