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 KF8NHThread Previous | Thread Next