# Tom Duff's Plan 9 Documents (2025-01-17)

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**Created:** [January 17, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/tom-duffs-plan-9-documents-2025-01-17/218 "2025-01-17T08:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/tom-duffs-plan-9-documents-2025-01-17/218/1 "2025-01-17T08:00:00Z")

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Tom Duff’s document on Plan 9’s rc shell are excellent: [https://9p.io/sys/doc/rc.html](https://9p.io/sys/doc/rc.html)

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A pointer to this was found in [Manuel Simoni](https://x.com/msimoni)’s tweet on [Jan 17](https://x.com/msimoni/status/1880278499380150761):

> The Plan 9 papers are probably the best example of how to explain your tech ideas to people in plain English. [https://9p.io/sys/doc/](https://9p.io/sys/doc/)