Not sure which point was this supposed to address. It neither proves that links are "atrocious hacks", nor that links were deprecated in any way. Links may be not used in P9 of course, but that doesn't change anything in the rest of the world. If I create a research project which uses pipes as a substitute for sockets, it doesn't mean that sockets are deprecated anywhere else.
PS. This does not mean that bind is {better/worse/useless/deprecated/teh-win}. `mount -o bind` on linux exists and is not replacing sym/hard-links anytime soon.
here's bind(2) man page, in case you're interested in learning some 20 year old technology http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html?man=bind§=...