r/plan9 • u/atamariya • 12d ago

Plan 9: Code Assist (Rio)

https://youtu.be/bXUrsUMwo5w

This is part 2 of my vision of Plan 9 as an Infinity Notebook. This focuses on the developer tools.

Details: https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/09/plan-9-code-assist-rio.html

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u/podule-games 6d ago

This is cool. I've been following your work here, I really like how you're making modernisations to Plan 9 but not changing the feel or what Plan 9 is really about.

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u/areyouhourly- 12d ago

Does plan9 have python?

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u/anths 12d ago

A very old version, 2.x. I’d like to see a 3.x port, but my main python project also relies on PostgreSQL, so I haven’t been terribly motivated. :-/

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u/smorrow 11d ago

Gopython

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u/anths 11d ago

Interesting, I hadn't heard of this. Have you tried it on Plan 9?

Their comments about the many C core modules are unsurprising, but likely make it not directly useful for my bug existing project, but it's good to know about for other potential things. 

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u/smorrow 11d ago

Interesting, I hadn't heard of this. Have you tried it on Plan 9?

No.

Their comments about the many C core modules are unsurprising, but likely make it not directly useful for my bug existing project

In the same vein: I've always thought 9front would be a cool Klipper host, even if just for the sake of every printer not being a whole-ass RaspberryPiOS on an SD card. It uses C modules for the lower robotics stuff though. (I mean on the host/Linux/Pi side. It goes without saying the RT-RPC puppet side would be entirely C that only gcc can compile, and who cares because that's flashed once and never touched again -- the protocol never changes. It's way more asymmetric than a Blit-and-VAX application.)

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u/denzuko 8d ago

Plan9 has golang, c, inferno, and a host of real languages. But its stronger with 9p and rc. Much of what one does in python can be done better with less code in the shell.