Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:53:25 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Breaking ffs - speed enhancement? Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.960607145141.9065A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199606061802.LAA01468@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Terry, have you ever thought about going into teaching? Someone who > > is so adept at coming up with so many weird theoretical solutions on > > the fly should definitely be working in a University environment > > somewhere... ;-) > > That wasn't wierd -- that was a logical extension of the soft updates > work, just bringing it up a level of scope. I didn't really think > of it on the fly -- it took me a long time to come up with it. It's > just that the opportunity to talk about it presented itself. 8-). > > You want wierd: I want a logical numeric name space for files so that > the number is hooked to function and invariant under renaming. > This would let me rename /etc/passwd to a Spanish or Japanese name > (for instance) and still let /bin/login and everything that references > the file by number chain continue to function normally. Then I > want name catalogs for every language. > > Now *that's* wierd. 8-) 8-). That isn't wierd. That would be an excellent feature. -mike hancock
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