Thanks for this. I am a long time Linux user (since about 1994) and use strace, gdb, tcpdump, etc quite often, especially in an embedded environment (ie terminal) so am gradually figuring out the plan 9 tools like snoopy. Acid of course is more involved. I’m also trying to read code as a means to learn how things work as well.
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