> x = open("a/b/c", mode)
>
> can yield a vector of file descriptors! Leaving component
> interpretation to the current node makes this a very dynamic
> and powerful system (for example, one can think of a node that
> maps to a list of network nodes -- so something like
>
> echo "date" > /net/my-nodes/foo
> chmod +x /net/my-nodes/foo
> /net/my-nodes/foo
one would think that a distributing file server would be
a better abstraction as the normal tools could be brought
to bear on the problem.
- erik
