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From:
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
Date:
December 9, 2008 17:10
Subject:
Re: Files, Directories, Resources, Operating Systems
Message ID:
3B72E9FC-36A4-451D-A6AE-43FF41D0B232@ece.cmu.edu
On 2008 Dec 9, at 19:56, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de> [2008-12-10 01:10]:
>> Well go on.
>
> Btw, I just realised that it can be read as sarcastic, which I
> didn’t intend. I am honestly curious, even if skeptical. I am
> biased, but I am open to be convinced.


BTW you can run into this issue even only considering Unix/POSIX:   
POSIX ACLs, AFS, NFSv4.

I can see the point of a very simple base API with system-dependent  
extensions, but am likewise skeptical that one can be designed that  
isn't useless.

-- 
brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allbery@kf8nh.com
system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university    KF8NH



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